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Gales Creek, OR

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gales Creek, OR: 1 USPS ZIP, population 679. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet GALES-CREEK-OR · Gales Creek, OR 1 ZIPs · 679 pop · #2042/25278 · Washington County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $121,818
  • RANK-TOP #2042/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sherwood
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 87% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 679
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $652,800

Nearest income peer: Sherwood, OR (+ $1,410 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Gales Creek

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Gales Creek on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Gales Creek, OR sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 8%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
679
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$121,818
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $121,818 and home value $652,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 41.6%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.6%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Oregon, Shedd is the closest lower-income city and Sherwood the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Gales Creek.

Population concentration

Gales Creek reads through its lone ZIP, 97117

679 ACS residents, one ZIP: 97117 is not the leading code inside Gales Creek, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Gales Creek's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 22 establishments, 95 employees , annual payroll $3,750k (~32 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 97117 (22 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (9) · also Retail trade · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Gales Creek, OR

These ZIP codes sit in Washington County, which covers 21 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Gales Creek. See the Washington County roll-up →

Gales Creek sits in the upper half of Washington County on income: Beaverton, Hillsboro and Tualatin report less, while North Plains and Buxton report more. Forest Grove marks the far end of that range at $92,613, 24% below Gales Creek.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
97117 679 $121,818 22 8
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Gales Creek roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Gales Creek, .