What is the population of Falls City city?

Falls City city has 1,222 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #210 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Falls City city?

Median household income in Falls City city is $51,094 a year, 34.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Falls City city?

Median gross rent is $1,067 a month and the median home value is $275,400, so rent absorbs about 25.1% of median household income.

Is Falls City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Falls City city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Falls City, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Falls City, Oregon (Falls City, OR — Census place “Falls City city”) is 1,222 residents, ranking #210 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $51,094, the median home is worth $275,400 and median gross rent runs $1,067 a month. Looking for the Falls City Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Falls City, OR: 97344.

Population: 1,222Falls City city residents
Median household income: $51,094Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $275,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,067Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 74.1%Owner-occupied households

Falls City ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Falls City.

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

97344

What the numbers mean in Falls City city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Falls City city median would spend about 25.1% 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 5.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19.8% of residents and 74.1% of households own their home.

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

Falls City city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Falls City city is a small town in Oregon, with 1,222 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #210 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 50% of them. The median age here is 36 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Falls City city earn a median of $51,094 a year, 34.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 31% below the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 19.8% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Falls City city is valued at $275,400, 9.2% below the national figure and 27% below the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,067 a month, 24.1% below the national figure, or roughly $12,804 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.1% 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 5.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 74.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 Falls City city?: Falls City city has 1,222 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #210 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Falls City city?: Median household income in Falls City city is $51,094 a year, 34.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Falls City city?: Median gross rent is $1,067 a month and the median home value is $275,400, so rent absorbs about 25.1% of median household income.
Is Falls City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Falls City city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Falls City city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.