Falls City, Oregon

Population

Down 1.2% since 2020.

1,042

people, the 160th-largest of Oregon's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Oregon's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

96.7%

of 92 jobs located in Falls City are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 51% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,095

a month. Oregon's median is $1,525.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $1,084 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Polk County.

• $1,028 Tract 53.02
• $2,112 Tract 53.01

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

$941–$1,412

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,095 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

73% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 73% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.2% to the 430 homes here.

1

is the estimated number of missing housing units; all three estimates agree.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 37% less than Oregon's.

$302,900

median home value in Falls City.

• $302,900 Falls City
• $477,600 Oregon
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year