Garden Home-Whitford vs West Slope

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

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

West Slope has the higher population (6,985 vs 6,970 in Garden Home-Whitford). West Slope has the higher median household income ($102,656 vs $93,345 in Garden Home-Whitford). West Slope has the higher median home value ($700,700 vs $602,800 in Garden Home-Whitford).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Slope
Population	6,970	6,985
Median age	46.2 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,345	$102,656
Median home value	$602,800	$700,700
Median gross rent	$1,803	$1,612
Housing units	3,541	2,995
Homeownership rate	68.3%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.5%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Slope
Population	7,006 → 6,970 (-0.5%)	6,913 → 6,985 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$96,386 → $93,345 (-3.2%)	$77,105 → $102,656 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$451,800 → $602,800 (+33.4%)	$530,800 → $700,700 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,564 → $1,803 (+15.3%)	$1,170 → $1,612 (+37.8%)

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 Slope

Population

6,9136,985

Median household income

$77,105$102,656

Median home value

$530,800$700,700

Median gross rent

$1,170$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Slope
Under 5	3.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	17.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	14.4%	10.9%
75 and over	9.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Slope
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.4%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Slope
No high school diploma	1.6%	3.1%
High school graduate	10.6%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Slope
Drove alone	62.9%	62.6%
Carpooled	2.7%	9.6%
Public transit	4.3%	5.1%
Walked	1.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.8%
Worked from home	26.9%	19.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Slope
1-unit, detached	72.2%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	18.3%
20 or more units	11.4%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden Home-Whitford	West Slope
Poverty rate	5.6%	10.2%
Average household size	1.96	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1978	1964