Grass Valley vs Wasco

A side-by-side comparison of Grass Valley and Wasco: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wasco has the higher population (523 vs 161 in Grass Valley). Wasco has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $58,313 in Grass Valley). Wasco has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $120,100 in Grass Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Grass Valley	Wasco
Population	161	523
Median age	40.8 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,313	$60,000
Median home value	$120,100	$204,300
Median gross rent	$337	$1,158
Housing units	108	240
Homeownership rate	63.6%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grass Valley	Wasco
Population	179 → 161 (-10.1%)	440 → 523 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$32,250 → $58,313 (+80.8%)	$48,571 → $60,000 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$98,000 → $120,100 (+22.6%)	$155,600 → $204,300 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $337 (-64.5%)	$838 → $1,158 (+38.2%)

Grass Valley

Population

179161

Median household income

$32,250$58,313

Median home value

$98,000$120,100

Median gross rent

$950$337

Wasco

Population

440523

Median household income

$48,571$60,000

Median home value

$155,600$204,300

Median gross rent

$838$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grass Valley	Wasco
Under 5	12.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	2.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	2.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	23.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	3.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	5.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	14.9%	11.9%
75 and over	24.2%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grass Valley	Wasco
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	79.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grass Valley	Wasco
No high school diploma	8.3%	11.6%
High school graduate	24.8%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grass Valley	Wasco
Drove alone	52.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	25.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	2.3%
Other means	15.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grass Valley	Wasco
1-unit, detached	50.9%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.7%	39.2%

Poverty & households

	Grass Valley	Wasco
Poverty rate	8.1%	20.5%
Average household size	2.00	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1965	1964