Douglas County vs Yamhill County

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

Douglas 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.

Douglas County has the higher population (111,807 vs 108,122 in Yamhill County). Yamhill County has the higher median household income ($87,084 vs $58,983 in Douglas County). Yamhill County has the higher median home value ($442,700 vs $283,200 in Douglas County).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas County	Yamhill County
Population	111,807	108,122
Median age	46.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,983	$87,084
Median home value	$283,200	$442,700
Median gross rent	$995	$1,377
Housing units	50,257	40,744
Homeownership rate	71.8%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas County	Yamhill County
Population	109,114 → 111,807 (+2.5%)	104,831 → 108,122 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$47,267 → $58,983 (+24.8%)	$63,902 → $87,084 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$199,200 → $283,200 (+42.2%)	$295,900 → $442,700 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $995 (+20.8%)	$1,052 → $1,377 (+30.9%)

Douglas County

Population

109,114111,807

Median household income

$47,267$58,983

Median home value

$199,200$283,200

Median gross rent

$824$995

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)

	Douglas County	Yamhill County
Under 5	4.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.9%
75 and over	11.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas County	Yamhill County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.7%
Asian	0.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas County	Yamhill County
No high school diploma	8.4%	10.2%
High school graduate	31.9%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas County	Yamhill County
Drove alone	73.7%	71.2%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	2.6%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.7%	12.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas County	Yamhill County
1-unit, detached	66.8%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Douglas County	Yamhill County
Poverty rate	15.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1976	1989