Josephine County vs Yamhill County

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

Josephine 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 88,069 in Josephine County). Yamhill County has the higher median household income ($87,084 vs $59,097 in Josephine County). Yamhill County has the higher median home value ($442,700 vs $383,100 in Josephine County).

Population, income & housing

	Josephine County	Yamhill County
Population	88,069	108,122
Median age	47.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,097	$87,084
Median home value	$383,100	$442,700
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,377
Housing units	39,217	40,744
Homeownership rate	71.7%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Josephine County	Yamhill County
Population	86,251 → 88,069 (+2.1%)	104,831 → 108,122 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$45,616 → $59,097 (+29.6%)	$63,902 → $87,084 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$265,500 → $383,100 (+44.3%)	$295,900 → $442,700 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,157 (+27.4%)	$1,052 → $1,377 (+30.9%)

Josephine County

Population

86,25188,069

Median household income

$45,616$59,097

Median home value

$265,500$383,100

Median gross rent

$908$1,157

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)

	Josephine County	Yamhill County
Under 5	4.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.6%	10.9%
75 and over	11.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Josephine County	Yamhill County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	0.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Josephine County	Yamhill County
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	31.4%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Josephine County	Yamhill County
Drove alone	73.9%	71.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	2.1%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.2%	12.4%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Josephine County	Yamhill County
1-unit, detached	70.9%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	2.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Josephine County	Yamhill County
Poverty rate	15.8%	10.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1981	1989