Klamath County vs Umatilla County

A side-by-side comparison of Klamath County and Umatilla County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Umatilla County has the higher population (80,087 vs 69,812 in Klamath County). Umatilla County has the higher median household income ($68,958 vs $59,353 in Klamath County). Umatilla County has the higher median home value ($256,100 vs $255,700 in Klamath County).

Population, income & housing

	Klamath County	Umatilla County
Population	69,812	80,087
Median age	41.3 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,353	$68,958
Median home value	$255,700	$256,100
Median gross rent	$973	$962
Housing units	33,004	31,693
Homeownership rate	68.7%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Klamath County	Umatilla County
Population	66,921 → 69,812 (+4.3%)	77,129 → 80,087 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$46,491 → $59,353 (+27.7%)	$54,699 → $68,958 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$170,600 → $255,700 (+49.9%)	$170,900 → $256,100 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $973 (+26.0%)	$757 → $962 (+27.1%)

Klamath County

Population

66,92169,812

Median household income

$46,491$59,353

Median home value

$170,600$255,700

Median gross rent

$772$973

Umatilla County

Population

77,12980,087

Median household income

$54,699$68,958

Median home value

$170,900$256,100

Median gross rent

$757$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Klamath County	Umatilla County
Under 5	5.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.6%
75 and over	8.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Klamath County	Umatilla County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	62.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	2.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	28.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Klamath County	Umatilla County
No high school diploma	10.4%	15.6%
High school graduate	33.6%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Klamath County	Umatilla County
Drove alone	80.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	2.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Klamath County	Umatilla County
1-unit, detached	71.4%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	5.8%
20 or more units	3.1%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Klamath County	Umatilla County
Poverty rate	18.3%	12.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1975	1978