Cove vs North Powder

A side-by-side comparison of Cove and North Powder: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Powder has the higher population (669 vs 638 in Cove). North Powder has the higher median household income ($70,682 vs $67,813 in Cove). Cove has the higher median home value ($243,800 vs $145,100 in North Powder).

Population, income & housing

	Cove	North Powder
Population	638	669
Median age	47.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,813	$70,682
Median home value	$243,800	$145,100
Median gross rent	$1,175	$850
Housing units	312	282
Homeownership rate	76.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cove	North Powder
Population	653 → 638 (-2.3%)	558 → 669 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$42,292 → $67,813 (+60.3%)	$32,431 → $70,682 (+117.9%)
Median home value	$189,000 → $243,800 (+29.0%)	$108,000 → $145,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,175 (+38.6%)	$783 → $850 (+8.6%)

Cove

Population

653638

Median household income

$42,292$67,813

Median home value

$189,000$243,800

Median gross rent

$848$1,175

North Powder

Population

558669

Median household income

$32,431$70,682

Median home value

$108,000$145,100

Median gross rent

$783$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cove	North Powder
Under 5	1.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	26.0%
18 to 24	14.7%	1.3%
25 to 34	3.4%	7.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	16.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	19.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.0%
75 and over	14.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cove	North Powder
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.9%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cove	North Powder
No high school diploma	6.7%	11.5%
High school graduate	30.6%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cove	North Powder
Drove alone	85.2%	89.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cove	North Powder
1-unit, detached	74.4%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Cove	North Powder
Poverty rate	12.4%	12.6%
Average household size	2.08	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1976	1938