Durham vs Gaston

A side-by-side comparison of Durham and Gaston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Durham has the higher population (1,909 vs 683 in Gaston). Gaston has the higher median household income ($117,188 vs $90,341 in Durham). Durham has the higher median home value ($688,200 vs $432,300 in Gaston).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Gaston
Population	1,909	683
Median age	41.9 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,341	$117,188
Median home value	$688,200	$432,300
Median gross rent	$1,508	$1,536
Housing units	905	277
Homeownership rate	39.5%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Gaston
Population	1,941 → 1,909 (-1.6%)	510 → 683 (+33.9%)
Median household income	$89,286 → $90,341 (+1.2%)	$58,750 → $117,188 (+99.5%)
Median home value	$573,600 → $688,200 (+20.0%)	$237,000 → $432,300 (+82.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $1,508 (+25.1%)	$792 → $1,536 (+93.9%)

Durham

Population

1,9411,909

Median household income

$89,286$90,341

Median home value

$573,600$688,200

Median gross rent

$1,205$1,508

Gaston

Population

510683

Median household income

$58,750$117,188

Median home value

$237,000$432,300

Median gross rent

$792$1,536

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Durham	Gaston
Under 5	5.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	20.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	7.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	19.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	6.1%
75 and over	6.4%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Gaston
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	88.7%
Black or African American	7.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	1.6%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.6%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Gaston
No high school diploma	8.8%	9.7%
High school graduate	19.4%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Gaston
Drove alone	59.8%	86.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.9%
Public transit	5.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.6%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Gaston
1-unit, detached	39.1%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	20.4%	4.0%
20 or more units	32.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Gaston
Poverty rate	8.8%	12.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1991	1974