What is the population of Madras city?

Madras city has 7,596 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #84 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Madras city?

Median household income in Madras city is $56,590 a year, 27.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $942 a month and the median home value is $291,400, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.

Is Madras city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Madras city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Madras, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Madras, Oregon (Madras, OR — Census place “Madras city”) is 7,596 residents, ranking #84 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $56,590, the median home is worth $291,400 and median gross rent runs $942 a month. Looking for the Madras Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Madras, OR: 97741.

Population: 7,596Madras city residents
Median household income: $56,590Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $291,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $942Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 31.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.4%Owner-occupied households

Madras ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Madras.

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

97741

What the numbers mean in Madras city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Madras city median would spend about 20% 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 5.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16% of residents and 55.4% of households own their home.

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

Madras city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Madras city is a mid-size town in Oregon, with 7,596 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #84 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 31.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Madras city earn a median of $56,590 a year, 27.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% below the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 16% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Madras city is valued at $291,400, 4% below the national figure and 23% below the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $942 a month, 33% below the national figure, or roughly $11,304 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20% 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 5.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 55.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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 Madras city?: Madras city has 7,596 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #84 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Madras city?: Median household income in Madras city is $56,590 a year, 27.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Madras city?: Median gross rent is $942 a month and the median home value is $291,400, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.
Is Madras city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Madras city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Madras city 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.