What is the population of Prineville city?

Prineville city has 11,187 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #55 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Prineville city?

Median household income in Prineville city is $72,058 a year, 8.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,245 a month and the median home value is $364,600, so rent absorbs about 20.7% of median household income.

Is Prineville 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 Prineville city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Prineville, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Prineville, Oregon (Prineville, OR — Census place “Prineville city”) is 11,187 residents, ranking #55 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $72,058, the median home is worth $364,600 and median gross rent runs $1,245 a month. Looking for the Prineville Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Prineville, OR: 97754.

Population: 11,187Prineville city residents
Median household income: $72,058Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $364,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,245Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.5%Owner-occupied households

Prineville ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Prineville.

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

97754

What the numbers mean in Prineville city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Prineville city median would spend about 20.7% 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 14.8% of residents and 60.5% of households own their home.

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

Prineville city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Prineville city is a mid-size town in Oregon, with 11,187 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #55 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 40.4 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 Prineville city earn a median of $72,058 a year, 8.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 3% 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 14.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Prineville city is valued at $364,600, 20.2% above the national figure and 3% below the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,245 a month, 11.5% below the national figure, or roughly $14,940 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.7% 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. 60.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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 Prineville city?: Prineville city has 11,187 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #55 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Prineville city?: Median household income in Prineville city is $72,058 a year, 8.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Prineville city?: Median gross rent is $1,245 a month and the median home value is $364,600, so rent absorbs about 20.7% of median household income.
Is Prineville 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 Prineville city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Prineville 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.