Cove vs Union

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

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

Union has the higher population (2,401 vs 638 in Cove). Cove has the higher median household income ($67,813 vs $56,767 in Union). Cove has the higher median home value ($243,800 vs $220,300 in Union).

Population, income & housing

	Cove	Union
Population	638	2,401
Median age	47.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,813	$56,767
Median home value	$243,800	$220,300
Median gross rent	$1,175	$1,028
Housing units	312	1,077
Homeownership rate	76.5%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cove	Union
Population	653 → 638 (-2.3%)	2,180 → 2,401 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$42,292 → $67,813 (+60.3%)	$54,320 → $56,767 (+4.5%)
Median home value	$189,000 → $243,800 (+29.0%)	$143,200 → $220,300 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,175 (+38.6%)	$864 → $1,028 (+19.0%)

Cove

Population

653638

Median household income

$42,292$67,813

Median home value

$189,000$243,800

Median gross rent

$848$1,175

Union

Population

2,1802,401

Median household income

$54,320$56,767

Median home value

$143,200$220,300

Median gross rent

$864$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cove	Union
Under 5	1.3%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	14.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	3.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	16.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	6.2%
75 and over	14.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cove	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.7%
Asian	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cove	Union
No high school diploma	6.7%	11.9%
High school graduate	30.6%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cove	Union
Drove alone	85.2%	77.4%
Carpooled	6.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cove	Union
1-unit, detached	74.4%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Cove	Union
Poverty rate	12.4%	20.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1976	1973