Curry County vs Hood River County

A side-by-side comparison of Curry County and Hood River County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hood River County has the higher population (23,958 vs 23,463 in Curry County). Hood River County has the higher median household income ($82,095 vs $64,769 in Curry County). Hood River County has the higher median home value ($571,200 vs $366,700 in Curry County).

Population, income & housing

	Curry County	Hood River County
Population	23,463	23,958
Median age	57.2 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,769	$82,095
Median home value	$366,700	$571,200
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,381
Housing units	13,123	10,210
Homeownership rate	74.8%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Curry County	Hood River County
Population	22,650 → 23,463 (+3.6%)	23,209 → 23,958 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$48,440 → $64,769 (+33.7%)	$65,679 → $82,095 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$265,400 → $366,700 (+38.2%)	$373,600 → $571,200 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,156 (+30.2%)	$1,133 → $1,381 (+21.9%)

Curry County

Population

22,65023,463

Median household income

$48,440$64,769

Median home value

$265,400$366,700

Median gross rent

$888$1,156

Hood River County

Population

23,20923,958

Median household income

$65,679$82,095

Median home value

$373,600$571,200

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,381

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Curry County	Hood River County
Under 5	3.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	21.3%	10.5%
75 and over	14.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Curry County	Hood River County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	62.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	30.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Curry County	Hood River County
No high school diploma	9.4%	15.8%
High school graduate	27.0%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Curry County	Hood River County
Drove alone	67.2%	60.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	12.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	2.4%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	18.2%
Other means	1.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Curry County	Hood River County
1-unit, detached	68.0%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	4.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Curry County	Hood River County
Poverty rate	13.3%	5.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1982	1981