Dufur vs The Dalles

A side-by-side comparison of Dufur and The Dalles: population, income, housing, and more.

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

The Dalles has the higher population (15,973 vs 841 in Dufur). Dufur has the higher median household income ($86,250 vs $62,830 in The Dalles). The Dalles has the higher median home value ($318,400 vs $315,100 in Dufur).

Population, income & housing

	Dufur	The Dalles
Population	841	15,973
Median age	35.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,250	$62,830
Median home value	$315,100	$318,400
Median gross rent	$1,326	$956
Housing units	356	6,812
Homeownership rate	74.1%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dufur	The Dalles
Population	572 → 841 (+47.0%)	15,448 → 15,973 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$54,722 → $86,250 (+57.6%)	$50,678 → $62,830 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$185,300 → $315,100 (+70.0%)	$204,400 → $318,400 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,326 (+5.2%)	$831 → $956 (+15.0%)

Dufur

Population

572841

Median household income

$54,722$86,250

Median home value

$185,300$315,100

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,326

The Dalles

Population

15,44815,973

Median household income

$50,678$62,830

Median home value

$204,400$318,400

Median gross rent

$831$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dufur	The Dalles
Under 5	8.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	6.2%	11.2%
75 and over	8.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dufur	The Dalles
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	71.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dufur	The Dalles
No high school diploma	10.3%	14.2%
High school graduate	12.6%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	52.8%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dufur	The Dalles
Drove alone	73.4%	82.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	12.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dufur	The Dalles
1-unit, detached	73.9%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Dufur	The Dalles
Poverty rate	9.9%	10.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1975	1964