Fossil vs Spray

A side-by-side comparison of Fossil and Spray: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fossil has the higher population (448 vs 151 in Spray). Spray has the higher median home value ($267,600 vs $143,800 in Fossil). Since 2019, Fossil's population has grown faster (+14.0% vs -35.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fossil	Spray
Population	448	151
Median age	53.7 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,438	—
Median home value	$143,800	$267,600
Median gross rent	$752	$688
Housing units	265	79
Homeownership rate	77.6%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fossil	Spray
Population	393 → 448 (+14.0%)	234 → 151 (-35.5%)
Median household income	$30,938 → $48,438 (+56.6%)	$27,857 → $30,469 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $143,800 (+37.5%)	$114,200 → $267,600 (+134.3%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $752 (+8.0%)	$600 → $688 (+14.7%)

Fossil

Population

393448

Median household income

$30,938$48,438

Median home value

$104,600$143,800

Median gross rent

$696$752

Spray

Population

234151

Median household income

$27,857$30,469

Median home value

$114,200$267,600

Median gross rent

$600$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fossil	Spray
Under 5	1.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	7.4%	11.3%
18 to 24	3.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	6.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	7.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	15.8%	23.2%
75 and over	18.5%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fossil	Spray
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fossil	Spray
No high school diploma	14.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fossil	Spray
Drove alone	64.9%	72.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	11.4%
Public transit	8.1%	0.0%
Walked	13.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fossil	Spray
1-unit, detached	80.8%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	31.6%

Poverty & households

	Fossil	Spray
Poverty rate	9.2%	13.4%
Average household size	1.89	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	11	7
Median year structure built	1973	1972