What is the population of Rainier city?

Rainier city has 1,859 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #174 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Rainier city?

Median household income in Rainier city is $62,847 a year, 20% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $866 a month and the median home value is $310,200, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rainier city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Rainier, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Rainier, Oregon (Rainier, OR — Census place “Rainier city”) is 1,859 residents, ranking #174 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $62,847, the median home is worth $310,200 and median gross rent runs $866 a month. Looking for the Rainier Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Rainier, OR: 97048.

Population: 1,859Rainier city residents
Median household income: $62,847Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $310,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $866Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 50.2%Owner-occupied households

Rainier ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Rainier.

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

97048

What the numbers mean in Rainier city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Rainier city median would spend about 16.5% 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 4.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 21.4% of residents and 50.2% of households own their home.

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

Rainier city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Rainier city is a small town in Oregon, with 1,859 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #174 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 59% of them. The median age here is 36.6 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 Rainier city earn a median of $62,847 a year, 20% below the national figure of $78,538 and 15% below the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 21.4% 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 Rainier city is valued at $310,200, 2.2% above the national figure and 18% below the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $866 a month, 38.4% below the national figure, or roughly $10,392 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 50.2% 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 Rainier city?: Rainier city has 1,859 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #174 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Rainier city?: Median household income in Rainier city is $62,847 a year, 20% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rainier city?: Median gross rent is $866 a month and the median home value is $310,200, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.
Is Rainier city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rainier city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Rainier 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.