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Population (year 2000): 5,831. Estimated
population in July 2005: 6,480 (+11.1% change)
Males: 2,739 (47.0%), Females: 3,092 (53.0%)
Hood River County
Zip code:
97031
Median resident age: 33.5 years
Median household income: $31,580 (year 2000)
Median house value: $143,100 (year 2000)
Races in Hood River:
- White Non-Hispanic (72.7%)
- Hispanic (23.2%)
- Other race (13.6%)
- Two or more races (2.7%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Black (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (18.6%), Irish (11.3%),
English (11.1%), United States (6.2%), Norwegian (3.5%), Swedish
(3.4%).
Elevation: 400 feet
Land area: 2.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Hood River
- High school or higher: 82.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 31.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 10.7%
- Unemployed: 7.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Hood River city
- Never married: 23.1%
- Now married: 52.9%
- Separated: 2.6%
- Widowed: 7.9%
- Divorced: 13.5%
15.6% Foreign born (13.2% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,154 (+24.7%).
Hospital/medical center in Hood River:
- PROVIDENCE HOOD RIVER MEMORIAL HOSP (13TH AND
MAY STREETS, PO BOX 149)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Hood River:
- SKYLINE HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; WHITE SALMON, WA)
- MID-COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER (about 25 miles; THE
DALLES, OR)
- KLICKITAT VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 54 miles;
GOLDENDALE, WA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Hood
River:
- PORTLAND INTL (about 74 miles; PORTLAND, OR; ID: PDX)
- YAKIMA AIR TERMINAL/MCALLISTER FIELD (about 91
miles; YAKIMA, WA; ID: YKM)
- ROBERTS FIELD (about 104 miles; REDMOND, OR; ID:
RDM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Hood River:
- HOOD RIVER (about 3 miles; HOOD RIVER, OR; ID: 4S2)
- CASCADE LOCKS STATE (about 25 miles; CASCADE LOCKS,
OR; ID: CZK)
- COLUMBIA GORGE REGIONAL/THE DALLES MUNI (about 26
miles; THE DALLES, OR; ID: DLS)
Amtrak station:
HOOD RIVER (1205 B ST.) - Bus Station. Services: public
payphones, free short-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Hood River:
- PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles;
Portland, OR; Full-time enrollment: 12,132)
- MT HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles; GRESHAM,
OR; FT enrollment: 4,867)
- CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 78 miles; OREGON
CITY, OR; FT enrollment: 3,446)
- CLARK COLLEGE (about 79 miles; VANCOUVER, WA; FT
enrollment: 5,106)
- LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE (about 84 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; FT enrollment: 2,795)
- PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 84 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; FT enrollment: 13,255)
- UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND (about 85 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; FT enrollment: 2,683)
Public high school in Hood River:
- HOOD RIVER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
1,210; Location: 1220 INDIAN CREEK RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Hood River:
- BAPTIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 151;
Location: 1889 BELMONT RD; Grades: KG - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Hood River:
- WY'EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 466;
Location: 3000 WY'EAST RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 454;
Location: 3685 BELMONT DR; Grades: KG - 05)
- HOOD RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 448;
Location: 1602 MAY ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MAY STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 416;
Location: 911 MAY ST; Grades: KG - 05)
- PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 119;
Location: 2405 EASTSIDE RD; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Hood River:
- KIDS R US PRESCHOOL KINDERGART (Students: 49;
Location: 4201 BARRETT DR; Grades: PK - 10)
- SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
(Students: 46; Location: PO BOX 268; Grades: 1 - 8)
- MID COLUMBIA S D A SCHOOL (Students: 43;
Location: 1100 22ND AVE; Grades: PK - 10)
Library in Hood River:
- HOOD RIVER COUNTY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$497,497; Location: 502 STATE STREET; 66,171 books;
1,101 audio materials; 1,835 video materials; 145 serial
subscriptions)
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