Fort Hill vs Independence

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

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

Independence has the higher population (10,088 vs 86 in Fort Hill). Since 2019, Independence's population has grown faster (+2.5% vs -3.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Hill	Independence
Population	86	10,088
Median age	57.6 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$79,158
Median home value	—	$345,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,585
Housing units	77	3,146
Homeownership rate	100.0%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Hill	Independence
Population	89 → 86 (-3.4%)	9,842 → 10,088 (+2.5%)
Median household income	—	$53,599 → $79,158 (+47.7%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)	$205,000 → $345,200 (+68.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,048 → $1,585 (+51.2%)

Fort Hill

Population

8986

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

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)

	Fort Hill	Independence
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	19.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	93.0%	7.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	6.3%
75 and over	0.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Hill	Independence
White (non-Hispanic)	10.5%	54.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	89.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	37.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Hill	Independence
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	82.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Hill	Independence
Drove alone	100.0%	76.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Hill	Independence
1-unit, detached	7.8%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	92.2%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Hill	Independence
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.8%
Average household size	1.12	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	—	1998