Benton County vs Yamhill County

A side-by-side comparison of Benton County and Yamhill County: population, income, housing, and more.

Benton County and Yamhill County are counties in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Yamhill County has the higher population (108,122 vs 96,359 in Benton County). Yamhill County has the higher median household income ($87,084 vs $76,011 in Benton County). Benton County has the higher median home value ($481,700 vs $442,700 in Yamhill County).

Population, income & housing

	Benton County	Yamhill County
Population	96,359	108,122
Median age	33.8 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,011	$87,084
Median home value	$481,700	$442,700
Median gross rent	$1,359	$1,377
Housing units	40,565	40,744
Homeownership rate	56.0%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton County	Yamhill County
Population	91,107 → 96,359 (+5.8%)	104,831 → 108,122 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$62,077 → $76,011 (+22.4%)	$63,902 → $87,084 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$331,300 → $481,700 (+45.4%)	$295,900 → $442,700 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,359 (+25.7%)	$1,052 → $1,377 (+30.9%)

Benton County

Population

91,10796,359

Median household income

$62,077$76,011

Median home value

$331,300$481,700

Median gross rent

$1,081$1,359

Yamhill County

Population

104,831108,122

Median household income

$63,902$87,084

Median home value

$295,900$442,700

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,377

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton County	Yamhill County
Under 5	3.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	22.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.9%
75 and over	6.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton County	Yamhill County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	73.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	6.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton County	Yamhill County
No high school diploma	4.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	14.0%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton County	Yamhill County
Drove alone	60.4%	71.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.1%
Public transit	1.9%	0.4%
Walked	7.4%	5.8%
Bicycle	4.8%	0.6%
Worked from home	16.7%	12.4%
Other means	1.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton County	Yamhill County
1-unit, detached	58.2%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	5.7%
20 or more units	10.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Benton County	Yamhill County
Poverty rate	19.2%	10.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1979	1989