About Camas Valley

Camas Valley is a tiny town located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 790 people and just one neighborhood, Camas Valley is the 167th largest community in Oregon.

Camas Valley is a blue-collar town, with 38.2% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Camas Valley is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Camas Valley who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.76%), sales jobs (8.17%), and management occupations (7.52%).

One downside of living in Camas Valley, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.32 minutes every day commuting to work.

Camas Valley is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Camas Valley, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.47% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Camas Valley Information and Demographics

Camas Valley ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.89% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Camas Valley in 2000 was $12,360, which is low income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $49,440 for a family of four.

The people who call Camas Valley home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Camas Valley is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Camas Valley include German, English, Irish, Italian, French, Scottish, Dutch, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Camas Valley is English.