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Population in July 2007: 915. Population change since 2000: -1.1%
 

Males: 453  (49.6%)
Females: 462  (50.4%)
Median resident age:  42.0 years
Oregon median age:  36.3 years

Zip codes: 97850.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $51,625 (it was $43,977 in 2000)
Island City:  $51,625
Oregon:  $48,730

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $180,986 (it was $103,800 in 2000)
Island City:  $180,986
Oregon:  $257,300

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $202,106; Detached houses: $227,118; Townhouses or other attached units: $200,324; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $9,310; Mobile homes: $74,486; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $5,000

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Races in Island City:

  • White Non-Hispanic (93.8%)
  • Hispanic (2.1%)
  • American Indian (1.9%)
  • Other race (1.1%)
  • Two or more races (1.0%)

2008 cost of living index in Island City: 86.3 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (22.9%), Irish (15.4%), English (13.1%), United States (10.0%), Italian (5.3%), Swedish (4.8%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 2750 feet

Land area: 0.87 square miles.

Population density: 1054 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

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For population 25 years and over in Island City

  • High school or higher: 89.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
  • Unemployed: 5.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 10.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Island City city

  • Never married: 18.3%
  • Now married: 69.9%
  • Separated: 0.3%
  • Widowed: 5.3%
  • Divorced: 6.3%

4 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.4%
Oregon:  8.5%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Island City:  1.2% ($1,247)
Oregon:  1.2% ($1,687)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Kennewick, WA (97.0 miles , pop. 54,693).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Northwest Clackamas, OR (314.2 miles , pop. 224,220).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (778.6 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: La Grande, OR (3.3 miles ), Imbler, OR (10.2 miles ), Summerville, OR (10.8 miles) , Union, OR (15.4 miles ), Cove, OR (16.6 miles ), Elgin, OR (17.9 miles ), North Powder, OR (23.1 miles ), Starkey, OR (24.8 miles) .


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 1 building, cost: $74,800
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 0 buildings
  • 2000: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 45.34 N, Longitude: 118.05 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 541

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Population change in the 1990s: +119 (+14.9%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (9%)
  • Construction (8%)
  • Wood products (8%)
  • Transportation equipment (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)
  • Gasoline stations (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (17%)
  • Health care (14%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Other direct selling establishments (5%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (12%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Other transportation workers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Island City:
  • GRANDE RONDE HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; LA GRANDE, OR)
  • ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER (about 45 miles; WALLA WALLA, WA)
  • WALLA WALLA GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 45 miles; WALLA WALLA, WA)

Political contributions by individuals in Island City, OR

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Island City:
  • WALLA WALLA REGIONAL (about 54 miles; WALLA WALLA, WA; ID: ALW)
  • EASTERN OREGON REGIONAL AT PENDLETON (about 60 miles; PENDLETON, OR; ID: PDT)
  • TRI-CITIES (about 97 miles; PASCO, WA; ID: PSC)
Other public-use airports nearest to Island City:
  • LA GRANDE/UNION COUNTY (about 6 miles; LA GRANDE, OR; ID: LGD)
  • BAKER CITY MUNICIPAL (about 39 miles; BAKER CITY, OR; ID: BKE)
  • MARTIN FIELD (about 55 miles; COLLEGE PLACE, WA; ID: S95)

Amtrak station near Island City:
  • 3 miles: LA GRANDE (2106 COVE AVE.) - Bus Station. Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, full-service food facilities, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Island City:
  • EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY (about 3 miles; LA GRANDE, OR; Full-time enrollment: 2,192)
  • WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 45 miles; WALLA WALLA, WA; FT enrollment: 2,812)
  • COLUMBIA BASIN COLLEGE (about 95 miles; PASCO, WA; FT enrollment: 3,529)
  • LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE (about 103 miles; LEWISTON, ID; FT enrollment: 2,213)
  • WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 107 miles; PULLMAN, WA; FT enrollment: 18,110)
  • UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 140 miles; MOSCOW, ID; FT enrollment: 9,823)
  • EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 150 miles; CHENEY, WA; FT enrollment: 7,852)
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Public elementary/middle school in Island City:

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Notable location: La Grande Country Club (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemetery: Island City Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Island City and their reported violations in the past:

ISLAND CITY (Population served: 920, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule
  • 2 routine major monitoring violations
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This city:  2.6 people
Oregon:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  78.7%
Whole state:  65.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  2.5%
Whole state:  6.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  5.9%
Whole state:  11.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  2.0%
Whole state:  5.0%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Island City, OR



Island City compared to Oregon state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Union County Oregon:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (75%)
  • Electricity (19%)
  • Wood (4%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration 0$0 3$3,350
Totals for Government 0$0 3$3,350



Island City government finances in 2002:
  • Construction - Regular Highways: $50,000
  • Current Operations - Water Utilities: $153,000
    Financial Administration: $94,000
    Police Protection: $24,000
    Parks & Recreation: $10,000
    General - Other: $5,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $16,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $153,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $15,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $414,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $201,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $183,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $393,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $21,000
    Other, NEC: $18,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $6,000
    Interest Earnings: $3,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $230,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $155,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $42,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $63,000
    General Support: $19,000
  • Tax - Property: $123,000
    Public Utilities: $71,000
    NEC: $1,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $60,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $21,000

7.16% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,959 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.16%
Oregon average:  8.89%

0.15% of residents moved from foreign countries ($159 average AGI)
Union County:  0.15%
Oregon average:  0.11%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Baker County, OR  0.52% ($28,022 average AGI)
from Umatilla County, OR  0.50% ($26,114)
from Multnomah County, OR  0.33% ($28,897)


8.20% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,107 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.20%
Oregon average:  7.91%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Umatilla County, OR  0.66% ($31,475 average AGI)
to Ada County, ID  0.45% ($23,100)
to Baker County, OR  0.45% ($25,975)


Strongest AM radio stations in Island City:
  • KLBM (1450 AM; 1 kW; LA GRANDE, OR; Owner: GRANDE RADIO, INC)
  • KWEI (1260 AM; 50 kW; WEISER, ID; Owner: TREASURE VALLEY BROADCASTING CO.)
  • KBOI (670 AM; 50 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
  • KQQQ (1150 AM; 25 kW; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: RADIO PALOUSE, INC.)
  • KGA (1510 AM; 50 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KUMA (1290 AM; 5 kW; PENDLETON, OR; Owner: ROUND-UP RADIO, INC.)
  • KFLD (870 AM; 10 kW; PASCO, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KUJ (1420 AM; 5 kW; WALLA WALLA, WA; Owner: ALEXANDRA COMMUNICATIONS)
  • KONA (610 AM; 5 kW; KENNEWICK-RICHLAND-P, WA; Owner: COMMONWEALTH LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
  • KMAX (840 AM; 10 kW; COLFAX, WA; Owner: PALOUSE COUNTRY, INC.)
  • KXLY (920 AM; 20 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
  • KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Island City:
  • KUBQ (98.7 FM; LA GRANDE, OR; Owner: GRANDE RADIO, INC.)
  • KWRL (99.9 FM; LA GRANDE, OR; Owner: KSRV, INC.)
  • KCMB (104.7 FM; BAKER, OR; Owner: OREGON TRAIL RADIO, INC.)
  • K208DB (89.5 FM; ENTERPRISE, ETC., OR; Owner: WALLOWA VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • KZZM (101.9 FM; WESTON, OR; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • K234AD (94.7 FM; ENTERPRISE, OR; Owner: WALLOWA VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • KNLT (95.7 FM; WALLA WALLA, WA; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)
  • KWWS (89.7 FM; WALLA WALLA, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • KRKL (93.3 FM; WALLA WALLA, WA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KUMA-FM (107.7 FM; PENDLETON, OR; Owner: ROUND-UP RADIO, INC.)
  • KGTS (91.3 FM; COLLEGE PLACE, WA; Owner: WALLA WALLA COLLEGE)
  • KLRF (88.5 FM; MILTON-FREEWATER, OR; Owner: LIFETALK RADIO, INC.)
  • KEOL (91.7 FM; LA GRANDE, OR; Owner: OREGON STATE BOARD OF HIGHER ED)
  • K203DX (88.5 FM; LA GRANDE, OR; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K205DV (88.9 FM; LA GRANDE, OR; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)

TV broadcast stations around Island City:
  • K02PJ (Channel 2; LA GRANDE, OR; Owner: LA GRANDE 7TH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH)


Island City fatal accident list:
Oct 23, 1989 10:35 AM, Hunterroad, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 2

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