What is the population of Damascus CDP?

Damascus CDP has 10,888 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #58 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Damascus CDP?

Median household income in Damascus CDP is $112,774 a year, 43.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Damascus CDP?

Median gross rent is $2,554 a month and the median home value is $637,100, so rent absorbs about 27.2% of median household income.

Is Damascus CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Damascus CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Damascus, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Damascus, Oregon (Damascus, OR — Census place “Damascus CDP”) is 10,888 residents, ranking #58 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $112,774, the median home is worth $637,100 and median gross rent runs $2,554 a month. Looking for the Damascus Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Damascus, OR: 97089.

Population: 10,888Damascus CDP residents
Median household income: $112,774Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $637,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,554Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 92.2%Owner-occupied households

Damascus ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Damascus.

The Damascus OR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

97089

What the numbers mean in Damascus CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Damascus CDP median would spend about 27.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.4% of residents and 92.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Damascus CDP, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Damascus CDP is a mid-size town in Oregon, with 10,888 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #58 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 44.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Damascus CDP earn a median of $112,774 a year, 43.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 52% above the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 3.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Damascus CDP is valued at $637,100, 110% above the national figure and 69% above the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,554 a month, 81.7% above the national figure, or roughly $30,648 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 92.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Damascus CDP?: Damascus CDP has 10,888 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #58 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Damascus CDP?: Median household income in Damascus CDP is $112,774 a year, 43.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Damascus CDP?: Median gross rent is $2,554 a month and the median home value is $637,100, so rent absorbs about 27.2% of median household income.
Is Damascus CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Damascus CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Damascus CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.