About Cascade Locks

Cascade Locks is a very small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 1,115 people and just one neighborhood, Cascade Locks is the 154th largest community in Oregon.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Cascade Locks is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.0% of the Cascade Locks workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Cascade Locks is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Cascade Locks who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.36%), sales jobs (7.88%), and food service (7.27%).

Cascade Locks 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.

Cascade Locks Information and Demographics

The population of Cascade Locks has a very low overall level of education: only 8.53% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Cascade Locks in 2000 was $15,359, which is lower middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,436 for a family of four.

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

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