Hood River County, Oregon

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,781 61.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,325 30.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 181 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 190 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,150 4.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 24 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 33 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 221 0.9%

• Under 18 5,212 21.8%
• 18–24 1,769 7.4%
• 25–44 6,311 26.4%
• 45–64 6,291 26.3%
• 65 and over 4,322 18.1%

Median household income

$85,628

90% interval $76,672–$94,584

+$731 vs OR · 8th of 36

Below poverty line

10.8%

90% interval 8.3%–13.3%

−0.9 pp vs OR · 30th of 36

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−1.21 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.8B

0.54% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,736

Establishments

1,408

• Education & health services 2,672 19.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,456 17.7%
• Natural resources & mining 2,296 16.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,108 15.2%
• Manufacturing 1,741 12.6%
• Professional & business services 981 7.1%
• Construction 545 3.9%
• Other services 332 2.4%
• Public administration 294 2.1%
• Financial activities 240 1.7%
• Information 83 0.6%
• Unclassified 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 99.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.4%

+6.1 pp vs OR · 18th of 36

Median gross rent

$1,417

−$108 vs OR · 6th of 36

Owner-occupied

6,203

Renter-occupied

2,736

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $118,313/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $31,694/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Democratic 8,364 66.3%
• Republican 3,854 30.5%
• Other / third-party 402 3.2%

• Spanish 5,592 24.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 69 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 66 0.3%
• Chinese 46 0.2%
• Korean 40 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 37 0.2%
• Arabic 27 0.1%
• Tagalog 14 0.1%

Households

8,939

Family households

5,695

63.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,801

31.6% of families

Single-mother families

378

6.6% of families

Veterans

1,054

5.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,906 16.3%
• Catholic 3,329 13.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,437 6.0%
• Mainline Protestant 795 3.3%

Health insured

90.5%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

9.5%

±1.8 pp

2nd of 36

With a disability

12.0%

±1.4 pp

35th of 36

Bachelor's or higher

41.0%

±3.2 pp

+4.2 pp vs OR · 5th of 36

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.6%

90% interval 9.5%–11.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

7th Judicial District Circuit Court

Judges

3 (Circuit Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courts.oregon.gov; cross-checked against ORS § 3.041. Justice Courts (limited jurisdiction: misdemeanors, traffic, small claims under $10K) operate per county and are not counted here. Multnomah County operates a separate County Court for probate / juvenile matters.)

Court seats

Condon, Fossil, Hood River, Moro, The Dalles

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

21.4 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4