Cove vs Island City

A side-by-side comparison of Cove and Island City: population, income, housing, and more.

Cove and Island City are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Island City has the higher population (1,165 vs 638 in Cove). Cove has the higher median household income ($67,813 vs $62,552 in Island City). Island City has the higher median home value ($272,600 vs $243,800 in Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Cove	Island City
Population	638	1,165
Median age	47.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,813	$62,552
Median home value	$243,800	$272,600
Median gross rent	$1,175	$921
Housing units	312	539
Homeownership rate	76.5%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cove	Island City
Population	653 → 638 (-2.3%)	1,022 → 1,165 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$42,292 → $67,813 (+60.3%)	$54,519 → $62,552 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$189,000 → $243,800 (+29.0%)	$176,700 → $272,600 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,175 (+38.6%)	$963 → $921 (-4.4%)

Cove

Population

653638

Median household income

$42,292$67,813

Median home value

$189,000$243,800

Median gross rent

$848$1,175

Island City

Population

1,0221,165

Median household income

$54,519$62,552

Median home value

$176,700$272,600

Median gross rent

$963$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cove	Island City
Under 5	1.3%	2.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	14.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	3.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	15.7%
75 and over	14.3%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cove	Island City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.7%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cove	Island City
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	30.6%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cove	Island City
Drove alone	85.2%	84.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cove	Island City
1-unit, detached	74.4%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Cove	Island City
Poverty rate	12.4%	11.8%
Average household size	2.08	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	22	10
Median year structure built	1976	1979