Banks is a very small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 1,274 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Banks is the 146th largest community in Oregon.

Much of the housing in Banks has been built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Banks economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Banks, where the median household income is $57,500.

Banks is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Banks is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Banks who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.28%), management occupations (11.77%), and sales jobs (10.47%).

Banks is a very car-oriented city. 97% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Banks is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Banks has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Banks is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Banks Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Banks who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 23.43% of adults in Banks have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Banks in 2000 was $21,354, which is upper middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,416 for a family of four. However, Banks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Banks home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Banks is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Banks include German, Irish, English, Dutch, Norwegian, Italian, Swedish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Banks is English. Some people also speak Spanish.