Grand Ronde vs Independence

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

Grand Ronde 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 1,443 in Grand Ronde). Independence has the higher median household income ($79,158 vs $40,375 in Grand Ronde). Independence has the higher median home value ($345,200 vs $309,100 in Grand Ronde).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Ronde	Independence
Population	1,443	10,088
Median age	46.6 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,375	$79,158
Median home value	$309,100	$345,200
Median gross rent	$754	$1,585
Housing units	733	3,146
Homeownership rate	36.2%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.6%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Ronde	Independence
Population	1,604 → 1,443 (-10.0%)	9,842 → 10,088 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$44,141 → $40,375 (-8.5%)	$53,599 → $79,158 (+47.7%)
Median home value	$189,800 → $309,100 (+62.9%)	$205,000 → $345,200 (+68.4%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $754 (+69.1%)	$1,048 → $1,585 (+51.2%)

Grand Ronde

Population

1,6041,443

Median household income

$44,141$40,375

Median home value

$189,800$309,100

Median gross rent

$446$754

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)

	Grand Ronde	Independence
Under 5	6.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	10.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	19.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	19.8%	7.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	6.3%
75 and over	9.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Ronde	Independence
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	54.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	27.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.7%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	37.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Ronde	Independence
No high school diploma	27.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	32.8%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.9%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Ronde	Independence
Drove alone	62.9%	76.2%
Carpooled	24.4%	8.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.1%
Worked from home	1.6%	12.0%
Other means	3.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Ronde	Independence
1-unit, detached	32.9%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	36.8%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Grand Ronde	Independence
Poverty rate	32.7%	11.8%
Average household size	2.49	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1985	1998