Wallowa vs Wallowa Lake

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

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

Wallowa has the higher population (609 vs 116 in Wallowa Lake). Wallowa Lake has the higher median household income ($84,321 vs $47,798 in Wallowa). Wallowa has the higher median home value ($318,400 vs $287,900 in Wallowa Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Wallowa	Wallowa Lake
Population	609	116
Median age	42.1 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,798	$84,321
Median home value	$318,400	$287,900
Median gross rent	$790	—
Housing units	330	328
Homeownership rate	86.6%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	65.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wallowa	Wallowa Lake
Population	797 → 609 (-23.6%)	24 → 116 (+383.3%)
Median household income	$41,105 → $47,798 (+16.3%)	$136,250 → $84,321 (-38.1%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $318,400 (+103.7%)	$520,800 → $287,900 (-44.7%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $790 (+6.2%)	—

Wallowa

Population

797609

Median household income

$41,105$47,798

Median home value

$156,300$318,400

Median gross rent

$744$790

Wallowa Lake

Population

24116

Median household income

$136,250$84,321

Median home value

$520,800$287,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wallowa	Wallowa Lake
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	30.2%
45 to 54	2.8%	8.6%
55 to 64	20.9%	30.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	25.0%
75 and over	10.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wallowa	Wallowa Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wallowa	Wallowa Lake
No high school diploma	0.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.2%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	36.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wallowa	Wallowa Lake
Drove alone	42.9%	35.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.7%	58.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wallowa	Wallowa Lake
1-unit, detached	71.5%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Wallowa	Wallowa Lake
Poverty rate	10.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.33	1.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1967	1978