Lostine vs Wallowa Lake

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

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

Lostine has the higher population (301 vs 116 in Wallowa Lake). Wallowa Lake has the higher median household income ($84,321 vs $77,604 in Lostine). Lostine has the higher median home value ($304,800 vs $287,900 in Wallowa Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lostine	Wallowa Lake
Population	301	116
Median age	32.7 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,604	$84,321
Median home value	$304,800	$287,900
Median gross rent	$1,318	—
Housing units	130	328
Homeownership rate	69.0%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	65.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lostine	Wallowa Lake
Population	307 → 301 (-2.0%)	24 → 116 (+383.3%)
Median household income	$56,563 → $77,604 (+37.2%)	$136,250 → $84,321 (-38.1%)
Median home value	$134,400 → $304,800 (+126.8%)	$520,800 → $287,900 (-44.7%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $1,318 (+93.8%)	—

Lostine

Population

307301

Median household income

$56,563$77,604

Median home value

$134,400$304,800

Median gross rent

$680$1,318

Wallowa Lake

Population

24116

Median household income

$136,250$84,321

Median home value

$520,800$287,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lostine	Wallowa Lake
Under 5	13.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	30.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	5.6%	30.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	25.0%
75 and over	11.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lostine	Wallowa Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lostine	Wallowa Lake
No high school diploma	7.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	50.2%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	36.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lostine	Wallowa Lake
Drove alone	64.9%	35.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	58.5%
Other means	7.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lostine	Wallowa Lake
1-unit, detached	54.6%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.6%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Lostine	Wallowa Lake
Poverty rate	15.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.66	1.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1978	1978