Garden Home-Whitford vs West Haven-Sylvan

A side-by-side comparison of Garden Home-Whitford and West Haven-Sylvan: population, income, housing, and more.

Garden Home-Whitford and West Haven-Sylvan are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Haven-Sylvan has the higher population (8,265 vs 6,970 in Garden Home-Whitford). West Haven-Sylvan has the higher median household income ($120,709 vs $93,345 in Garden Home-Whitford). West Haven-Sylvan has the higher median home value ($743,900 vs $602,800 in Garden Home-Whitford).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Haven-Sylvan
Population	6,970	8,265
Median age	46.2 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,345	$120,709
Median home value	$602,800	$743,900
Median gross rent	$1,803	$1,830
Housing units	3,541	4,293
Homeownership rate	68.3%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.5%	70.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Haven-Sylvan
Population	7,006 → 6,970 (-0.5%)	8,888 → 8,265 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$96,386 → $93,345 (-3.2%)	$100,095 → $120,709 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$451,800 → $602,800 (+33.4%)	$527,000 → $743,900 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,564 → $1,803 (+15.3%)	$1,571 → $1,830 (+16.5%)

Garden Home-Whitford

Population

7,0066,970

Median household income

$96,386$93,345

Median home value

$451,800$602,800

Median gross rent

$1,564$1,803

West Haven-Sylvan

Population

8,8888,265

Median household income

$100,095$120,709

Median home value

$527,000$743,900

Median gross rent

$1,571$1,830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Haven-Sylvan
Under 5	3.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	12.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	21.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	14.4%	11.1%
75 and over	9.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Haven-Sylvan
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.4%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Haven-Sylvan
No high school diploma	1.6%	1.7%
High school graduate	10.6%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	33.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Haven-Sylvan
Drove alone	62.9%	62.3%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.8%
Public transit	4.3%	4.2%
Walked	1.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.5%
Worked from home	26.9%	23.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Haven-Sylvan
1-unit, detached	72.2%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	15.3%
20 or more units	11.4%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Haven-Sylvan
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.7%
Average household size	1.96	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1978	1987