City safety & data profile

DallasOR

Dallas, OR is a 15K-resident city in Polk County with a median household income of $71,549.

Polk County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Dallas, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Dallas has a population larger than 29% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $389,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-16
15K
Population (place)
Bottom 30%
By size
$71,549
Median income (place)
$389,100
Median home (place)
15.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Dallas

Dallas posts a median household income higher than 39% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Dallas area.

Bottom 40%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Dallas

Composite score · Dallas, OR

35/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024

A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Violent crime D
297 /100k

FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.

Household income F
$71,549

Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Poverty rate F
15.5%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Bachelor's+ share F
22.9%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

See the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).

Where Dallas income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$71,549 Bottom 39% higher than 39% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Dallas $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Biggest cities by headcount in OR

Population among 57 OR places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Portland tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Bethany instead.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OR

The same 57-city OR pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.

median

What this shows Income honors go to Bethany here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Portland.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Dallas, OR beyond the headline numbers

Dallas sits inside Polk County, Oregon, at roughly 44.92°N, -123.32°W. Population 15,277, $71,549 median household income. Median home value $389,100, median rent $1,209. Poverty rate 15.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Dallas, 0 with an ER. Climate: 53.1°F annual average, 47.9" precipitation.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.9% in Dallas, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

7.4% unemployment puts Dallas in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.

The median home in Dallas costs around 5.4 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Poverty in Dallas, OR stands at 15.5%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

22.9% of Dallas adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.

Median rent in Dallas, OR runs $1,209/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.

Remote work covers 10.7% of Dallas workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Dallas from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Polk County): Dallas's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
90K+18%
Median Income
$85,118+61%
Median Home Value
$454,700+109%
Poverty Rate
12.7%-23%
Unemployment
5.6%-50%

The Economic Picture

The clearest outlier in Dallas's numbers is poverty rate: 15.5%, which is 25% above what's typical across the tracked-city set. A second figure worth noting: median rent at $1,209/mo, 21% below the tracked-city average.

Economics indicators for Dallas, OR
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,209/mo
Poverty Rate
15.5% +25% vs avg
Unemployment 7.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 22.9%
Work From Home 10.7%
Public Transit 0.2%

Headcount

White 81.4%
African American 1.4%
Asian 0.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 6%

Community Health 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
36%
Obesity
33.5%
Short Sleep Duration
33.3%
Physical Inactivity
22.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.4%
Binge Drinking
13.4%
Current Smoking
13.4%
Current Asthma
12.9%
Diabetes
12.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62%
Annual Checkup 73.7%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
8.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
8.2%
Stroke
4.2%

Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Avg Temperature
53°F
Annual Rainfall
47.9"
Hot Months (>80°F)
0
Cold Months (<40°F)
0
47°
35°
Jan
7.5"
51°
36°
Feb
5.6"
56°
38°
Mar
5.1"
61°
40°
Apr
3.7"
68°
45°
May
2.4"
73°
49°
Jun
1.5"
83°
52°
Jul
0.3"
83°
52°
Aug
0.5"
78°
49°
Sep
1.6"
65°
44°
Oct
3.8"
52°
38°
Nov
7.2"
46°
35°
Dec
8.7"

Cost of Living

BEA 2024
103.6 Regional Price Parity

3.6% above national average

US avg
103.6

Metro area: Salem, OR (MSA)

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.

Flood Claims on Record

FEMA NFIP, county-level
8
Claims filed
$104K
Total paid out
AE
Most common flood zone

Polk County has recorded 8 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $104K in payouts since 2016.

No single named event dominates this county's claim history: most are individual, unnamed flood losses.

Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.

What alerts and safety updates affect Dallas?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Dallas right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OR-DALLAS-OR · Dallas

Dallas: 19 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 19 on record
  • WX-LED 89% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · EPA
  • NEAR-PEER 16 · El Paso

Tagged alert mix: Dallas

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 19 tagged notices on record for Dallas.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: El Paso, TX (16 tagged · Δ3)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Dallas; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology

Cities tracking a comparable alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (19 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts

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Questions & Answers 9

What is the population of Dallas, OR? ▼
Dallas, OR has a population of 15,277 people, located in Polk County, Oregon.
What is the median household income in Dallas? ▼
The median household income in Dallas, OR is $71,549 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.5%.
What is the median home value in Dallas? ▼
The median home value in Dallas, OR is $389,100. Median rent is $1,209/month.
What are the top health concerns in Dallas? ▼
The top health indicators in Dallas include High Blood Pressure (36%), Obesity (33.5%), Short Sleep Duration (33.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Dallas? ▼
Dallas has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Dallas? ▼
The median age in Dallas, OR is 40.9 years. 22.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What is the climate like in Dallas? ▼
Dallas has an average annual temperature of 53.1°F and 47.9" of annual precipitation.
What is the cost of living in Dallas? ▼
The regional price parity for Dallas is 103.649, meaning prices are 3.6% above the national average.
Has Dallas had flood insurance claims? ▼
Polk County, Oregon has recorded 8 NFIP flood insurance claims since 2016, totaling $104K in payouts. This is county-level data: FEMA does not attribute individual claims to a specific city.

Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Dallas, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (15.5% here).

Albuquerque, NM 15.5% Tampa, FL 15.5% Stockton, CA 15.5% Yuma, AZ 15.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($71,549 here).

Denham Springs, LA $71,569 Suitland, MD $71,585 Flagstaff, AZ $71,512 Big Bear City, CA $71,511

Compare Dallas with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Cities Close By 8

Monmouth, OR 10K Salem, OR 176K Keizer, OR 38K McMinnville, OR 34K Four Corners, OR 16K Hayesville, OR 20K Albany, OR 52K Corvallis, OR 56K
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Turning this into a research checklist

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Dallas area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
  • Compare Dallas against Oregon peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oregon

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Polk County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.