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Place dossier plate
SheetOR-VENETA-OR ยท Veneta, OR 5,191 pop ยท income 38th 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 Veneta
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Veneta on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Richlands ยท lowest
37,382
Richlands ยท lowest
37,382 median HH income
36.2% of the leader ยท rank #1
Redwood Falls ยท near
61,947
Redwood Falls ยท near
61,947 median HH income
59.9% of the leader ยท rank #2
North Baltimoโฆ ยท near
61,947
North Baltimoโฆ ยท near
61,947 median HH income
59.9% of the leader ยท rank #3
Welcome ยท near
61,948
Welcome ยท near
61,948 median HH income
59.9% of the leader ยท rank #4
Veneta ยท this city
61,949
Veneta ยท this city
61,949 median HH income
59.9% of the leader ยท rank #5
Hamlin ยท near
61,949
Hamlin ยท near
61,949 median HH income
59.9% of the leader ยท rank #6
Bealeton ยท highest
103,365
Bealeton ยท highest
103,365 median HH income
100.0% of the leader ยท 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Veneta on ACS population and median household income
. 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: 5,191.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Veneta places in the 38th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
38th
percentile, household income
68th
percentile, home value
66th
percentile, median rent
๐ 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: Veneta, OR
5,191 people live in Veneta, Oregon - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Veneta report a median income of $61,949 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.2%. Veneta's housing stock carries a median value of $318,800, and the median resident age is 47.5 years. About 14.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 52.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 8 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 50% from five years earlier.
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. 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). The average commute for Veneta workers runs 21.4 minutes, with 82.3% driving alone and 12.2% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 63.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Veneta'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 work and mobility to population change to comparison shortlist to housing and income to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Veneta, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Veneta?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 82.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.4 minutes.
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.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -83 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -1.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 8 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 downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Which cities make useful reference points for Veneta?
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.
Within Oregon, the closest population matches are Tillamook (5,229 residents, $57,604 income); Mount Hood Villages (5,139 residents, $89,717 income); King City (5,078 residents, $66,728 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are River Ridge, FL (5,191 residents); Comstock Northwest, MI (5,190 residents); Colona, IL (5,189 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Veneta?
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 5.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Veneta?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 14.9% 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
3.2%
Bachelor's degree+
14.9%
Matched public schools
2
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above-average cost ยท BEA RPP 2024, Oregon average
D
City profile score ยท Veneta, OR
41/100
4 published dimensions ยท 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.
Poverty rate B+
3.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$61,949
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop โฅ1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 โ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Veneta profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 77/100 (B+) ยท 3.2%
Household income: 37/100 (F) ยท $61,949
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) ยท 103.4 index
Bachelor's+ share: 20/100 (F) ยท 14.9%
How does Veneta compare to other US cities?
Veneta measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income38% higher than other cities
Home value68% pricier than other cities
Median rent66% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Veneta 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 Veneta near the bottom of Oregon's cities
Among the 395 Oregon cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Veneta ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Veneta only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#236 of 364
35th percentile in Oregon
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Oregon
Median Home Value
#206 of 366
43rd percentile in Oregon
Poverty Rate
#274 of 395
30th percentile in Oregon
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#270 of 395
31st 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
38th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Veneta's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$318,80032nd percentilemore affordable than 32% 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 ยท 2023
Veneta's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.1ร
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0ร
National rank
#13,126 of 15,516
More affordable than 15% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,889 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.1ร, Veneta sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,126 of 15,516 and #9,889 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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 รท median household income for cities with both fields and population โฅ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0โ5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$61,949Veneta, OR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Veneta, 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 Veneta, OR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,191
Median Income
$61,949
Median Home Value
$318,800
Median Age
47.5
Poverty Rate
3.2%
Labor force participation
52.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.9%
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020โ2025
Veneta's Census PEP population estimates, 2020โ2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
5,221 residents
2021
5,228 residents
2022
5,153 residents
2023
5,177 residents
2024
5,171 residents
2025
5,138 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
๐ Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
8
housing units authorized
Single-Family
8
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.5
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019โ2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
16
12
4
$3.5M
2020
10
10
0
$2.0M
2021
4
4
0
$1.5M
2022
32
14
18
$6.8M
2023
11
9
2
$4.0M
2024
8
8
0
$3.4M
Permit volume decreased 50% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.4 minutes
Drive Alone
82.3%
Carpool
5.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
12.2%
Based on 2,239 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 Veneta. 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 Veneta 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 Veneta sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Veneta 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, 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.