Joseph vs Wallowa Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Joseph and Wallowa Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Joseph has the higher population (1,090 vs 116 in Wallowa Lake). Wallowa Lake has the higher median household income ($84,321 vs $48,705 in Joseph). Joseph has the higher median home value ($314,200 vs $287,900 in Wallowa Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Joseph	Wallowa Lake
Population	1,090	116
Median age	59.0 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,705	$84,321
Median home value	$314,200	$287,900
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	663	328
Homeownership rate	70.8%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	65.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joseph	Wallowa Lake
Population	989 → 1,090 (+10.2%)	24 → 116 (+383.3%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $48,705 (+8.2%)	$136,250 → $84,321 (-38.1%)
Median home value	$196,300 → $314,200 (+60.1%)	$520,800 → $287,900 (-44.7%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $850 (+15.6%)	—

Joseph

Population

9891,090

Median household income

$45,000$48,705

Median home value

$196,300$314,200

Median gross rent

$735$850

Wallowa Lake

Population

24116

Median household income

$136,250$84,321

Median home value

$520,800$287,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joseph	Wallowa Lake
Under 5	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	30.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	17.5%	30.2%
65 to 74	20.8%	25.0%
75 and over	14.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joseph	Wallowa Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joseph	Wallowa Lake
No high school diploma	4.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.1%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	36.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joseph	Wallowa Lake
Drove alone	84.0%	35.4%
Carpooled	7.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	58.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joseph	Wallowa Lake
1-unit, detached	69.7%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Joseph	Wallowa Lake
Poverty rate	8.2%	0.0%
Average household size	1.96	1.36
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1979	1978