Polk County vs Yamhill County

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

Polk 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 88,553 in Polk County). Yamhill County has the higher median household income ($87,084 vs $81,318 in Polk County). Yamhill County has the higher median home value ($442,700 vs $419,500 in Polk County).

Population, income & housing

	Polk County	Yamhill County
Population	88,553	108,122
Median age	37.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,318	$87,084
Median home value	$419,500	$442,700
Median gross rent	$1,270	$1,377
Housing units	34,446	40,744
Homeownership rate	64.6%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Polk County	Yamhill County
Population	83,037 → 88,553 (+6.6%)	104,831 → 108,122 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$62,691 → $81,318 (+29.7%)	$63,902 → $87,084 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$265,200 → $419,500 (+58.2%)	$295,900 → $442,700 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $1,270 (+27.8%)	$1,052 → $1,377 (+30.9%)

Polk County

Population

83,03788,553

Median household income

$62,691$81,318

Median home value

$265,200$419,500

Median gross rent

$994$1,270

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)

	Polk County	Yamhill County
Under 5	5.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	12.0%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.9%
75 and over	7.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Polk County	Yamhill County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.7%
Asian	1.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.6%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Polk County	Yamhill County
No high school diploma	8.2%	10.2%
High school graduate	23.8%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Polk County	Yamhill County
Drove alone	68.9%	71.2%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.4%
Walked	2.9%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.6%
Worked from home	16.0%	12.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Polk County	Yamhill County
1-unit, detached	67.3%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	5.7%
20 or more units	6.1%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Polk County	Yamhill County
Poverty rate	12.2%	10.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1989	1989