| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 458 / 541 |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:29 PM |
| Population: | 7,553 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 41063 |
| Land Area: | 3,156 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 5 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 45.5039, -117.2526 |
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7,553 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 3,156 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 6,893 to 7,553 from 2014 to 2024 — a +9.6% change. 3 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 97885 (Wallowa, $76,645 median) and poorest ZIP 97828 (Enterprise, $58,850) are 18.0 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.5× across this county — from $383,200 in 97846 (Joseph) to $562,500 in 97857 (Lostine).
Density varies 28× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 97842 (Imnaha) to 4 in 97846 (Joseph).
Educational attainment ranges from 23.7% bachelor's+ in 97885 (Wallowa) to 45.0% in 97846 (Joseph) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Oregon, this is the #31 most populous of 38 counties and ranks #22 for median household income with the #12 fastest decade growth .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $66,243 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
38.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (2,181 of 5,707 reporting).
5 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.