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Place dossier plate
SheetOR-UMATILLA-OR · Umatilla, OR 7,531 pop · income 35th 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 Umatilla
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Umatilla on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Seaside · lowest
45,807
Seaside · lowest
45,807 median HH income
40.6% of the leader · rank #1
Blakely · near
59,858
Blakely · near
59,858 median HH income
53.0% of the leader · rank #2
Umatilla · this city
59,861
Umatilla · this city
59,861 median HH income
53.0% of the leader · rank #3
Casar · near
59,861
Casar · near
59,861 median HH income
53.0% of the leader · rank #4
Bellville · near
59,861
Bellville · near
59,861 median HH income
53.0% of the leader · rank #5
La Porte · near
59,862
La Porte · near
59,862 median HH income
53.0% of the leader · rank #6
Cotati · highest
112,841
Cotati · highest
112,841 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 Umatilla 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: 7,531.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Umatilla - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Umatilla places in the 35th percentile for household income and the 56th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
35th
percentile, household income
40th
percentile, home value
66th
percentile, median rent
56th
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: Umatilla, OR
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 7,531 residents in Umatilla, a small town within Oregon. The typical household in Umatilla brings in $59,861 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 12.7%. Typical homes in Umatilla are valued around $191,000, and the median resident age is 34.4 years. 10.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 41.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 109 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 166% from five years earlier. Umatilla reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 1192.3 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Oregon carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Oregon scores 103.4 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,425 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Oregon's average monthly utility costs around $185 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 63.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Umatilla'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 comparison shortlist to schools and households to housing and income to reported crime to work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Umatilla, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates.
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.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Umatilla?
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 Madras (7,596 residents, $56,590 income); Jennings Lodge (7,732 residents, $67,164 income); Seaside (7,210 residents, $45,807 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are New Cumberland, PA (7,531 residents); California Polytechnic State University, CA (7,529 residents); Cotati, CA (7,533 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.
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 3 public schools within the city match. 10.8% 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Umatilla?
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 12.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Umatilla?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1192.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 48% lower 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.
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 Umatilla?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 87.0%. 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. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Drive alone
87.0%
Work from home
0.5%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 2,504 workers age 16+.
Is Umatilla growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +963 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +13.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 109 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.
2020 estimate
7,257
2025 estimate
8,220
Period change
+13.3%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Below median income · poverty 12.7% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Oregon average
F
City profile score · Umatilla, OR
30/100
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.
Violent crime D
216 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income F
$59,861
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
12.7%
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
10.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Umatilla profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 45/100 (D) · 216 /100k
Household income: 34/100 (F) · $59,861
Poverty rate: 29/100 (F) · 12.7%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Bachelor's+ share: 9/100 (F) · 10.8%
Where Umatilla sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Umatilla'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 - Umatilla highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Umatilla, OR (this city): home $191,000, crime 1,192/100k
New Cumberland, PA : home $232,800, crime 489/100k
Cotati, CA : home $702,500, crime 1,247/100k
Monahans, TX : home $159,000, crime 1,751/100k
Chehalis, WA : home $330,800, crime 4,301/100k
Madras, OR : home $291,400, crime 2,797/100k
Seaside, OR : home $413,800, crime 4,008/100k
Milton-Freewater, OR : home $209,800, crime 1,994/100k
How does Umatilla compare to other US cities?
Where Umatilla sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income35% higher than other cities
Home value40% pricier than other cities
Median rent66% pricier than other cities
Safety56% 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, Umatilla ranks #22 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 Umatilla 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 Umatilla near the bottom of Oregon's cities
Among the 395 Oregon cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Umatilla ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Umatilla only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#246 of 364
32nd percentile in Oregon
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Oregon
Median Home Value
#326 of 366
11th percentile in Oregon
Poverty Rate
#74 of 395
81st percentile in Oregon
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#329 of 395
16th 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
35th percentile nationally for median household income · 56th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Umatilla's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Umatilla'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 Umatilla's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$191,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 60% 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
Umatilla's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,644 of 15,516
More affordable than 51% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,324 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.2×, Umatilla sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,644 of 15,516 and #6,324 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$59,861Umatilla, OR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Umatilla, 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 Umatilla, OR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)10.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)41.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
7,531
Median Income
$59,861
Median Home Value
$191,000
Median Age
34.4
Poverty Rate
12.7%
Labor force participation
41.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
10.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1192.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
215.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
976.7
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.
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Umatilla's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
7,257 residents
2021
7,258 residents
2022
7,491 residents
2023
7,684 residents
2024
7,944 residents
2025
8,220 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
109
housing units authorized
Single-Family
109
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
14.5
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
41
41
0
$9.2M
2020
72
72
0
$44.9M
2021
60
60
0
$13.7M
2022
92
92
0
$23.5M
2023
93
93
0
$31.9M
2024
109
109
0
$30.3M
Permit volume increased 166% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
87.0%
Carpool
10.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.6%
Work from Home
0.5%
Based on 2,504 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 Umatilla. 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 Umatilla 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 Umatilla sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Umatilla 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, 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.