
Oregon · Census place 72500
Talent, OR population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Talent, Oregon (Talent, OR — Census place “Talent city”) is 6,271 residents, ranking #95 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $53,843, the median home is worth $365,500 and median gross rent runs $1,441 a month. Looking for the Talent Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Talent, OR: 97540.
- Population
- 6,271Talent city residents
- Median household income
- $53,843Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $365,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,441Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 50.7%Owner-occupied households
Talent ZIP codes (Oregon)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Talent.
The Talent OR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Talent city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Talent city median would spend about 32.1% 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 6.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.3% of residents and 50.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Talent city, OR in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Talent city is a mid-size town in Oregon, with 6,271 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #95 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 39.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Talent city earn a median of $53,843 a year, 31.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 27% 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 15.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Talent city is valued at $365,500, 20.5% above the national figure and 3% below the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,441 a month, 2.5% above the national figure, or roughly $17,292 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 32.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 6.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is out of reach on local earnings alone and the ownership market leans on outside income, equity or dual high earners. 50.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
Home values sit at 6.8× median household income, far past the 3.9× national mark, so ownership costs here are set by something other than local wages — second homes, retirees with equity, or commuters earning elsewhere.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Oregon.
- Deschutes River Woods CDP 5,755
- Warrenton city 6,297
- Winston city 5,663
- Sheridan city 6,462
- Creswell city 5,625
- Raleigh Hills CDP 6,669
- Philomath city 5,537
- Brookings city 6,733
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Talent city?
- Talent city has 6,271 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #95 of 426 in Oregon.
- What is the median household income in Talent city?
- Median household income in Talent city is $53,843 a year, 31.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Talent city?
- Median gross rent is $1,441 a month and the median home value is $365,500, so rent absorbs about 32.1% of median household income.
- Is Talent city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 6.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Talent city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 32.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Talent 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.