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Place dossier plate
SheetOR-DALLAS-OR · Dallas, OR 17,214 pop · income 44th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Dallas
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Dallas on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Charleston · lowest
49,057
Charleston · lowest
49,057 median HH income
40.0% of the leader · rank #1
Mifflinburg · near
65,643
Mifflinburg · near
65,643 median HH income
53.5% of the leader · rank #2
Dallas · this city
65,647
Dallas · this city
65,647 median HH income
53.5% of the leader · rank #3
Stacey Street · near
65,650
Stacey Street · near
65,650 median HH income
53.5% of the leader · rank #4
Glenrock · near
65,660
Glenrock · near
65,660 median HH income
53.6% of the leader · rank #5
Campbell Hill · near
65,667
Campbell Hill · near
65,667 median HH income
53.6% of the leader · rank #6
Islip · highest
122,596
Islip · highest
122,596 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Dallas on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 17,214.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Dallas - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Dallas places in the 44th percentile for household income and the 25th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
44th
percentile, household income
73rd
percentile, home value
66th
percentile, median rent
25th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Dallas, OR
Oregon's Dallas is a small town, with 17,214 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Dallas households earn a median of $65,647 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 12.6%. Typical homes in Dallas are valued around $355,700, and the median resident age is 41.6 years. About 22.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 52.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 104 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Slowing), down 13% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 2344.8 in FBI UCR data, near the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). NOAA puts Dallas's yearly average temperature at 53.1°F with 47.8 inches of precipitation per year.
Oregon carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Oregon at 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,425 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Oregon's average monthly utility costs around $185 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 63.4 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Dallas's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to reported crime to climate and hazard context to work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Dallas, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is Dallas growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +888 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 104 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Dallas?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2344.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, near the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 3% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 53.1°F, with 47.8 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Oregon is 63.4 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Dallas?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Oregon, the closest population matches are Pendleton (17,070 residents, $70,179 income); Oak Grove (17,408 residents, $81,611 income); Canby (18,103 residents, $100,268 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Charleston, IL (17,212 residents); Adelphi, MD (17,210 residents); Islip, NY (17,224 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Dallas?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Drive alone
71.0%
Work from home
9.6%
Public transit
0.3%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 7,408 workers age 16+.
How far does income reach against housing in Dallas?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 12.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
5.4×
Home value
$355,700
Household income
$65,647
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 22.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
12.6%
Bachelor's degree+
22.9%
Matched public schools
6
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Below median income · poverty 12.6% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Oregon average
F
City profile score · Dallas, OR
36/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income D
$65,647
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
22.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime F
263 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate F
12.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Dallas profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 43/100 (D) · $65,647
Bachelor's+ share: 43/100 (D) · 22.9%
Violent crime: 38/100 (F) · 263 /100k
Poverty rate: 29/100 (F) · 12.6%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Where Dallas sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Dallas's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Dallas highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Dallas, OR (this city): home $355,700, crime 2,345/100k
Charleston, IL : home $133,700, crime 2,153/100k
Easton, MD : home $348,400, crime 2,380/100k
Danville, KY : home $202,200, crime 1,155/100k
Kaukauna, WI : home $198,800, crime 783/100k
Pendleton, OR : home $276,400, crime 3,090/100k
Canby, OR : home $479,500, crime 1,114/100k
The Dalles, OR : home $318,400, crime 2,928/100k
How does Dallas compare to other US cities?
Here's how Dallas stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income44% higher than other cities
Home value73% pricier than other cities
Median rent66% pricier than other cities
Safety25% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Oregon, Dallas ranks #52 of 85 Oregon cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Dallas against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Oregon only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Oregon-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Dallas near the bottom of Oregon's cities
Among the 395 Oregon cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Dallas ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Dallas only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#217 of 364
40th percentile in Oregon
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Oregon
Median Home Value
#178 of 366
51st percentile in Oregon
Poverty Rate
#75 of 395
81st percentile in Oregon
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#193 of 395
51st percentile in Oregon
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Oregon only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
44th percentile nationally for median household income · 25th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Dallas's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Dallas's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Dallas's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$355,70027th percentilemore affordable than 27% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. 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 ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Dallas's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,470 of 15,516
More affordable than 13% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,789 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 5.4×, Dallas sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,470 of 15,516 and #2,789 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$65,647Dallas, OR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Dallas, OR median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Dallas, OR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
17,214
Median Income
$65,647
Median Home Value
$355,700
Median Age
41.6
Poverty Rate
12.6%
Labor force participation
52.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
22.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2344.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
263.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2081.8
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
53.1°F
Annual Precipitation
47.8"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Schools
Total Schools
6
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Dallas's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
17,002 residents
2021
17,368 residents
2022
17,558 residents
2023
17,695 residents
2024
17,833 residents
2025
17,890 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
104
housing units authorized
Single-Family
98
detached homes
Multifamily
6
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
119
117
2
$25.5M
2020
131
131
0
$31.9M
2021
152
140
12
$39.7M
2022
133
125
8
$40.4M
2023
133
117
16
$35.8M
2024
104
98
6
$34.6M
Permit volume decreased 13% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.0%
Carpool
13.1%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
3.7%
Work from Home
9.6%
Other
2.3%
Based on 7,408 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Oregon statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $185
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Oregon at $185 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Oregon statewide averages, not a meter reading for Dallas. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Oregon's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Dallas is $1,425/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Oregon statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 63.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Oregon statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Dallas sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Dallas compares to similar-size Oregon cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.