Grass Valley, OR · standard
ZIP Code 97029
Sherman County, Oregon - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 285
- 1/sq mi
- $61,116
- Median income
- $123,100
- Median home value
- 21.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Grass Valley pairs a below-median household income with among the most affordable home values nationally, in a rural, mixed-tenure area.
- 31st pct
- household income, US ZIPs
- 18th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 1
- people per sq mi
- 58%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 97029 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 97029 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Grass Valley, Sherman County, Oregon, home to just 285 residents across 570.0 square miles, a density of 1 people per square mile, in the Los Angeles time zone.
ZIP 97029 reports a modest median household income of $61,116 (21% below the average Oregon ZIP), while per-capita income is $26,860. The poverty rate is 31.9%, so the area-level income figures should not be treated as typical household experience. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $123,100 (72% below the average Oregon ZIP); owner occupancy is 58.1%.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 21.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 40.5, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the Oregon and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 97029.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 97029, Grass Valley, OR · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
285
Population
570.0
Area (sq mi)
1
People / sq mi
Los Angeles
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 97029?
40.5
Median Age
53.2%
Male
46.8%
Female
0.0%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$61,116
Median Household Income
-21% vs state ZIP avg
$26,860
Per Capita Income
31.9%
Poverty Rate
1.5%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
202housing units
202
Total Housing Units
167
Occupied Units
35
Vacant Units
2.62
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$123,100
Median Home Value
-72% vs state ZIP avg
1970
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 9 business establishments in ZIP 97029, employing approximately 63 people with a combined annual payroll of $5,345,000.
9
Businesses
63
Employees
$5.3M
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 97029, both outside OR so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.