Milton-Freewater vs Pendleton

A side-by-side comparison of Milton-Freewater and Pendleton: population, income, housing, and more.

Milton-Freewater and Pendleton are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pendleton has the higher population (17,070 vs 7,096 in Milton-Freewater). Pendleton has the higher median household income ($70,179 vs $47,440 in Milton-Freewater). Pendleton has the higher median home value ($276,400 vs $209,800 in Milton-Freewater).

Population, income & housing

	Milton-Freewater	Pendleton
Population	7,096	17,070
Median age	32.5 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,440	$70,179
Median home value	$209,800	$276,400
Median gross rent	$817	$938
Housing units	2,778	7,103
Homeownership rate	41.8%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milton-Freewater	Pendleton
Population	7,037 → 7,096 (+0.8%)	16,733 → 17,070 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$47,355 → $47,440 (+0.2%)	$51,315 → $70,179 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$127,700 → $209,800 (+64.3%)	$172,100 → $276,400 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $817 (+30.3%)	$784 → $938 (+19.6%)

Milton-Freewater

Population

7,0377,096

Median household income

$47,355$47,440

Median home value

$127,700$209,800

Median gross rent

$627$817

Pendleton

Population

16,73317,070

Median household income

$51,315$70,179

Median home value

$172,100$276,400

Median gross rent

$784$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milton-Freewater	Pendleton
Under 5	11.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	20.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	16.4%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	6.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.0%
75 and over	7.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milton-Freewater	Pendleton
White (non-Hispanic)	52.7%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milton-Freewater	Pendleton
No high school diploma	26.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	27.8%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milton-Freewater	Pendleton
Drove alone	65.8%	78.6%
Carpooled	16.1%	7.8%
Public transit	0.5%	1.2%
Walked	5.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.2%	7.8%
Other means	4.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milton-Freewater	Pendleton
1-unit, detached	49.0%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	12.1%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Milton-Freewater	Pendleton
Poverty rate	15.2%	14.7%
Average household size	2.90	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	18	13
Median year structure built	1977	1963