City safety & data profile
The DallesOR
The Dalles, OR is a 15K-resident city in Wasco County with a median household income of $62,614.
Wasco County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for The Dalles, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. The Dalles has a population larger than 29% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $360,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 15K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 30%
- By size
- $62,614
- Median income (place)
- $360,800
- Median home (place)
- 11%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on The Dalles
The Dalles posts a median household income higher than 26% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the The Dalles area.
- Bottom 27%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near The Dalles
Composite score · The Dalles, OR
36/100
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.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
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.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Compare against every tracked city: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where The Dalles income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$62,614 Bottom 26% higher than 26% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
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
Population ranking: OR
Population among 57 OR places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Portland
Portland, OR
652,503 residents
- Eugene 176,654
Eugene, OR
176,654 residents
- Salem 175,535
Salem, OR
175,535 residents
- Gresham 110,553
Gresham, OR
110,553 residents
- Hillsboro 102,347
Hillsboro, OR
102,347 residents
- Beaverton 96,577
Beaverton, OR
96,577 residents
- Bend 87,014
Bend, OR
87,014 residents
- Medford 79,805
Medford, OR
79,805 residents
- Springfield 60,870
Springfield, OR
60,870 residents
- Corvallis 55,780
Corvallis, OR
55,780 residents
What this shows Portland is the largest OR city on this list; Bethany leads median income.
Highest median incomes in OR
The same 57-city OR pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.
- Bethany
Bethany, OR
$167,735 median
- Cedar Mill
Cedar Mill, OR
$164,079 median
- West Linn
West Linn, OR
$146,507 median
- Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego, OR
$141,549 median
- Oak Hills
Oak Hills, OR
$127,179 median
- Damascus
Damascus, OR
$122,500 median
- Happy Valley
Happy Valley, OR
$122,151 median
- Sherwood
Sherwood, OR
$109,966 median
- Sandy
Sandy, OR
$108,984 median
- Tigard
Tigard, OR
$108,823 median
What this shows Income honors go to Bethany here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Portland.
The quick read
Reading The Dalles, OR beyond the headline numbers
The Dalles sits inside Wasco County, Oregon, at roughly 45.59°N, -121.18°W. Population 15,340, $62,614 median household income. Median home value $360,800, median rent $993. Poverty rate 11%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around The Dalles, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 53.5°F annual average, 14.2" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.4% in The Dalles, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
7.7% unemployment puts The Dalles in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
The median home in The Dalles costs around 5.8 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.
A typical renter in The Dalles, OR pays $993/month, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities -- rent here is not what strains a local paycheck.
Only 7.4% of The Dalles workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
22.7% of The Dalles adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Public transit carries 0.1% of The Dalles workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Poverty in The Dalles, OR stands at 11%, 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.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for The Dalles 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.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Wasco County): The Dalles'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.
Economics
What stands out most about The Dalles's economic profile: median rent at $993/mo, 35% below the average across tracked places. Median household income also diverges: $62,614, 30% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 11% -11% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 7.7% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 22.7% |
| Work From Home | 7.4% |
| Public Transit | 0.1% |
By the Numbers
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearby Healthcare 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsNFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelWasco County has recorded 1 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $0 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 The Dalles?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for The Dalles right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OR-THE-DALLES · The Dalles
The Dalles: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to The Dalles; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology
Related reading
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Cities nationwide with a comparable poverty or income figure 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for The Dalles, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (11% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($62,614 here).
Compare The Dalles 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.
Nearby Cities 8
What to do with The Dalles's numbers
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 The Dalles 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 The Dalles against Oregon peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oregon
U.S. Census ACS supplies the place-level population and economics figures (income, home value, poverty, education); CDC PLACES supplies health; hospital counts reflect nearby facilities. County-level trends carry their own label.
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 (Wasco 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.