Cove vs La Grande

A side-by-side comparison of Cove and La Grande: population, income, housing, and more.

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

La Grande has the higher population (13,059 vs 638 in Cove). Cove has the higher median household income ($67,813 vs $56,409 in La Grande). La Grande has the higher median home value ($244,200 vs $243,800 in Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Cove	La Grande
Population	638	13,059
Median age	47.3 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,813	$56,409
Median home value	$243,800	$244,200
Median gross rent	$1,175	$970
Housing units	312	5,766
Homeownership rate	76.5%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cove	La Grande
Population	653 → 638 (-2.3%)	13,310 → 13,059 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$42,292 → $67,813 (+60.3%)	$42,375 → $56,409 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$189,000 → $243,800 (+29.0%)	$170,500 → $244,200 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,175 (+38.6%)	$789 → $970 (+22.9%)

Cove

Population

653638

Median household income

$42,292$67,813

Median home value

$189,000$243,800

Median gross rent

$848$1,175

La Grande

Population

13,31013,059

Median household income

$42,375$56,409

Median home value

$170,500$244,200

Median gross rent

$789$970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cove	La Grande
Under 5	1.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	14.7%	15.7%
25 to 34	3.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.5%
75 and over	14.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cove	La Grande
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cove	La Grande
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	30.6%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cove	La Grande
Drove alone	85.2%	69.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.1%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cove	La Grande
1-unit, detached	74.4%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Cove	La Grande
Poverty rate	12.4%	21.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	13
Median year structure built	1976	1967