Mehama vs St. Paul

A side-by-side comparison of Mehama and St. Paul: population, income, housing, and more.

Mehama and St. Paul are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Paul has the higher population (450 vs 403 in Mehama). St. Paul has the higher median home value ($523,900 vs $320,800 in Mehama). Since 2019, Mehama's population has grown faster (+79.9% vs -6.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Mehama	St. Paul
Population	403	450
Median age	39.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$113,000
Median home value	$320,800	$523,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,518
Housing units	166	164
Homeownership rate	68.7%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mehama	St. Paul
Population	224 → 403 (+79.9%)	480 → 450 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$65,625 → $39,271 (-40.2%)	$90,179 → $113,000 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$222,800 → $320,800 (+44.0%)	$330,600 → $523,900 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,125 → $1,518 (+34.9%)

Mehama

Population

224403

Median household income

$65,625$39,271

Median home value

$222,800$320,800

St. Paul

Population

480450

Median household income

$90,179$113,000

Median home value

$330,600$523,900

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mehama	St. Paul
Under 5	5.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	2.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	5.7%	16.2%
35 to 44	35.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	4.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	18.6%	19.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.8%
75 and over	8.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mehama	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	14.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mehama	St. Paul
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	51.7%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mehama	St. Paul
Drove alone	76.7%	83.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mehama	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	81.9%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Mehama	St. Paul
Poverty rate	16.4%	5.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1975	1984