Joseph, OR

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Joseph, OR: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,891. 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 JOSEPH-OR · Joseph, OR 1 ZIPs · 1,891 pop · #12621/25278 · Wallowa County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $71,471
  • RANK-MID #12621/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Lostine
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,891
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $383,200

Nearest income peer: Lostine, OR ( $3,096 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 Joseph

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Joseph 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 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Joseph, OR sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 50%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,891
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$71,471
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 97846 (1,891 residents). Household income $71,471 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Joseph as a pure owner town.

Within Oregon, Monroe is the closest lower-income city and Pendleton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Joseph.

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ZIP Codes in Joseph, OR

These ZIP codes sit in Wallowa County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Joseph. See the Wallowa County roll-up →

Joseph sits in the upper half of Wallowa County on income: Enterprise and Lostine report less, while Wallowa reports more. Enterprise marks the far end of that range at $58,850, 18% below Joseph.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
97846 1,891 1 America/Los_Angeles

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Joseph, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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