Dallas vs Independence

A side-by-side comparison of Dallas and Independence: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dallas has the higher population (17,214 vs 10,088 in Independence). Independence has the higher median household income ($79,158 vs $65,647 in Dallas). Dallas has the higher median home value ($355,700 vs $345,200 in Independence).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas	Independence
Population	17,214	10,088
Median age	41.6 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,647	$79,158
Median home value	$355,700	$345,200
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,585
Housing units	6,882	3,146
Homeownership rate	65.8%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas	Independence
Population	16,168 → 17,214 (+6.5%)	9,842 → 10,088 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$56,429 → $65,647 (+16.3%)	$53,599 → $79,158 (+47.7%)
Median home value	$222,700 → $355,700 (+59.7%)	$205,000 → $345,200 (+68.4%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,184 (+36.6%)	$1,048 → $1,585 (+51.2%)

Dallas

Population

16,16817,214

Median household income

$56,429$65,647

Median home value

$222,700$355,700

Median gross rent

$867$1,184

Independence

Population

9,84210,088

Median household income

$53,599$79,158

Median home value

$205,000$345,200

Median gross rent

$1,048$1,585

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas	Independence
Under 5	6.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	20.0%
18 to 24	12.0%	19.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	7.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	6.3%
75 and over	10.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas	Independence
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	54.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	37.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas	Independence
No high school diploma	8.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	27.1%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas	Independence
Drove alone	71.0%	76.2%
Carpooled	13.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.1%
Worked from home	9.6%	12.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas	Independence
1-unit, detached	65.6%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	9.3%
20 or more units	6.8%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Dallas	Independence
Poverty rate	16.9%	11.8%
Average household size	2.50	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1989	1998