Echo vs Gopher Flats

A side-by-side comparison of Echo and Gopher Flats: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Echo has the higher population (463 vs 383 in Gopher Flats). Gopher Flats has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $60,385 in Echo). Gopher Flats has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $204,200 in Echo).

Population, income & housing

	Echo	Gopher Flats
Population	463	383
Median age	35.8 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,385	$81,250
Median home value	$204,200	$250,000
Median gross rent	$945	$881
Housing units	215	180
Homeownership rate	63.2%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Echo	Gopher Flats
Population	735 → 463 (-37.0%)	395 → 383 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $60,385 (+24.9%)	$48,125 → $81,250 (+68.8%)
Median home value	$121,600 → $204,200 (+67.9%)	$258,300 → $250,000 (-3.2%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $945 (+23.9%)	$725 → $881 (+21.5%)

Echo

Population

735463

Median household income

$48,333$60,385

Median home value

$121,600$204,200

Median gross rent

$763$945

Gopher Flats

Population

395383

Median household income

$48,125$81,250

Median home value

$258,300$250,000

Median gross rent

$725$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Echo	Gopher Flats
Under 5	7.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	21.6%	9.9%
18 to 24	2.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	17.5%	16.4%
35 to 44	14.9%	7.3%
45 to 54	1.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.8%	23.0%
65 to 74	14.7%	17.8%
75 and over	2.8%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Echo	Gopher Flats
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	20.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.3%
Some other race	7.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Echo	Gopher Flats
No high school diploma	12.3%	13.1%
High school graduate	29.9%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Echo	Gopher Flats
Drove alone	85.9%	53.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	31.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	10.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Echo	Gopher Flats
1-unit, detached	65.1%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	27.9%	42.2%

Poverty & households

	Echo	Gopher Flats
Poverty rate	8.2%	16.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1960	1976