Pendleton vs Umatilla

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

Pendleton and Umatilla 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 7,531 in Umatilla). Pendleton has the higher median household income ($70,179 vs $59,861 in Umatilla). Pendleton has the higher median home value ($276,400 vs $191,000 in Umatilla).

Population, income & housing

	Pendleton	Umatilla
Population	17,070	7,531
Median age	36.5 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,179	$59,861
Median home value	$276,400	$191,000
Median gross rent	$938	$1,076
Housing units	7,103	2,224
Homeownership rate	56.0%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pendleton	Umatilla
Population	16,733 → 17,070 (+2.0%)	7,162 → 7,531 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$51,315 → $70,179 (+36.8%)	$41,995 → $59,861 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $276,400 (+60.6%)	$137,600 → $191,000 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $938 (+19.6%)	$690 → $1,076 (+55.9%)

Pendleton

Population

16,73317,070

Median household income

$51,315$70,179

Median home value

$172,100$276,400

Median gross rent

$784$938

Umatilla

Population

7,1627,531

Median household income

$41,995$59,861

Median home value

$137,600$191,000

Median gross rent

$690$1,076

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pendleton	Umatilla
Under 5	7.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	12.5%
25 to 34	16.1%	18.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	8.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	4.3%
75 and over	6.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pendleton	Umatilla
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	54.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.9%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.9%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	38.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pendleton	Umatilla
No high school diploma	9.3%	16.5%
High school graduate	30.3%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pendleton	Umatilla
Drove alone	78.6%	87.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	0.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pendleton	Umatilla
1-unit, detached	59.1%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	8.9%
20 or more units	7.7%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Pendleton	Umatilla
Poverty rate	14.7%	21.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	13	23
Median year structure built	1963	1992