Stayton, Oregon Statistic: Population, Charts, Map, Steets and More

The population of Stayton, OR is estimated at 14,486. The city is largely comprised of rural residents. Most of its people are white, and fewer than ten percent are Hispanic. The town's post office depicts a logging truck next to a man fly-fishing in a lake, showing the town's shift from timber production to recreational pursuits.

While it is difficult to know for certain who lived in the town, there are some notable features of the community. First, Stayton was at the intersection of two important roads. Its 1st Avenue connected it to the older town of Sublimity, which is served by the Cascade Highway. The second road was Washington Street, which was the only route through Marion County from Salem to Mehama and the Cascade Mountains. The town's early railroads bypassed the area, and a few of its residents were Baptists.

A second interesting statistic is the number of renter-occupied housing units in Stayton. The city has 2,038 households, up by 2% from 2015 to 2016. The city also has high rates of evictions: in 2016 there were 18 evictions in the city. This means that the majority of Stayton's residents are insured by health insurance. This means that 93.6% of the population is covered by health insurance, but the number of evictions is much lower.

The city's demographics reveal that its residents are largely white. The percentage of white citizens is approximately 85.8%, followed by 8.2% of the non-white population. In terms of ethnicity, Stayton has the highest proportion of white residents. The median age in Stayton is twenty-nine years old. Among its minority residents, one quarter of its population is Hispanic, and the other one-fifth is Hispanic.