Pendleton vs Pilot Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Pendleton and Pilot Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

Pendleton and Pilot Rock 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 1,220 in Pilot Rock). Pilot Rock has the higher median household income ($85,795 vs $70,179 in Pendleton). Pendleton has the higher median home value ($276,400 vs $165,200 in Pilot Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Pendleton	Pilot Rock
Population	17,070	1,220
Median age	36.5 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,179	$85,795
Median home value	$276,400	$165,200
Median gross rent	$938	$971
Housing units	7,103	590
Homeownership rate	56.0%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pendleton	Pilot Rock
Population	16,733 → 17,070 (+2.0%)	1,322 → 1,220 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$51,315 → $70,179 (+36.8%)	$52,875 → $85,795 (+62.3%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $276,400 (+60.6%)	$113,200 → $165,200 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $938 (+19.6%)	$759 → $971 (+27.9%)

Pendleton

Population

16,73317,070

Median household income

$51,315$70,179

Median home value

$172,100$276,400

Median gross rent

$784$938

Pilot Rock

Population

1,3221,220

Median household income

$52,875$85,795

Median home value

$113,200$165,200

Median gross rent

$759$971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pendleton	Pilot Rock
Under 5	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.3%
75 and over	6.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pendleton	Pilot Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	93.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	2.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pendleton	Pilot Rock
No high school diploma	9.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	30.3%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pendleton	Pilot Rock
Drove alone	78.6%	77.6%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	11.1%
Other means	0.8%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pendleton	Pilot Rock
1-unit, detached	59.1%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Pendleton	Pilot Rock
Poverty rate	14.7%	6.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	13	32
Median year structure built	1963	1955