97835 Zip Code (Helix, OR) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 489
Zip code population in 2010: 361
Zip code population in 2000: 358

Houses and condos: 277
Renter-occupied apartments: 25
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 97835: 84.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 188.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 3 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,407 (0.8%)

For population 25 years and over in 97835:

• High school or higher: 96.1%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.7%
• Graduate or professional degree: 6.0%
• Unemployed: 2.9%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 30.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 97835:

• Never married: 29.6%
• Now married: 55.9%
• Separated: 1.2%
• Widowed: 3.5%
• Divorced: 9.8%

• 
• • 34771.1%White
  • 11323.2%Two or more races
  • 244.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 30.6%American Indian
  • 10.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 97835, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $89,400 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$89,400
State:	$76,001

Salary/wage: $51,700 (reported on 80.0% of returns)

Here:	$51,700
State:	$61,959

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2257.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5647.5% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $650 (reported on 26.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$650
Oregon:	$1,628

(% of AGI for various income ranges: )

Ordinary dividends: $3,000 (reported on 13.3% of returns)

Here:	$3,000
State:	$7,165

(% of AGI for various income ranges: )

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$21,067 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

Here:	+$21,067
State:	+$23,403

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1580.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 93.3%

Here:	93%
State:	93%

(% for various income ranges: 75.0% for AGIs below $25k, 100.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 97835, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $61,833 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$61,833
State:	$57,845

Salary/wage: $47,636 (reported on 73.3% of returns)

Here:	$47,636
State:	$47,723

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 75.9% for AGIs below $25k, 80.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 126.1% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $360 (reported on 33.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$360
Oregon:	$1,848

Ordinary dividends: $967 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

Here:	$967
State:	$5,987

Total itemized deductions: $19,883 (20% of AGI, reported on 40.0% of returns)

Here:	$19,883
State:	$24,430

Here:	19.8% of AGI
State:	23.2% of AGI

Charity contributions: $2,450 (reported on 26.7% of returns)

Here:	$2,450
State:	$3,648

Taxes paid: $7,117 (reported on 40.0% of returns)

97835:	$7,117
State:	$10,269

Earned income credit: $1,900 (reported on 13.3% of returns)

Here:	$1,900
State:	$2,021

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.0% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 66.7%

Here:	67%
State:	47%

(% for various income ranges: 75.0% for AGIs below $25k, 50.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 75.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 66.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 97835, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $46,259 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$46,259
State:	$46,788

Salary/wage: $36,373 (reported on 82.5% of returns)

Here:	$36,373
State:	$39,788

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 104.5% for AGIs below $10k, 86.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 73.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 106.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 52.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,000 (reported on 48.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,000
Oregon:	$2,126

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.7% for AGIs below $10k, 1.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $524 (reported on 29.4% of returns)

Here:	$524
State:	$3,427

Net capital gain/loss: +$69 (reported on 20.3% of returns)

Here:	+$69
State:	+$12,447

Profit/loss from farming: +$1,286 (reported on 9.8% of returns)

Here:	+$1,286
State:	-$6,711

Total itemized deductions: $18,021 (22% of AGI, reported on 32.9% of returns)

Here:	$18,021
State:	$20,209

Here:	22.0% of AGI
State:	24.7% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 116.4% for AGIs below $10k, 17.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 37.6% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $1,800 (2% of AGI, reported on 24.5% of returns)

Here:	$1,800
State:	$3,145

Here:	2.4% of AGI
State:	3.6% of AGI

Total tax: $5,757 (reported on 77.6% of returns)

97835:	$5,757
State:	$7,148

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 12.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 62.2%

Here:	62%
State:	53%

(% for various income ranges: 53.8% for AGIs below $10k, 50.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 55.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 111.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 90.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 99363, 99360, 97801, 97813, 99323, 99337.
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
• Gay men: 0.9% of all households

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 12
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 208

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 181 (88 now married, 91 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 97835 with a mortgage: 118
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,631
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $691

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 97835 household income distribution in 2022

• 10Less than $10,000
• 8$10,000 to $14,999
• 17$15,000 to $19,999
• 2$20,000 to $24,999
• 2$25,000 to $29,999
• 11$30,000 to $34,999
• 3$35,000 to $39,999
• 2$40,000 to $44,999
• 2$45,000 to $49,999
• 4$60,000 to $74,999
• 13$75,000 to $99,999
• 35$100,000 to $124,999
• 2$125,000 to $149,999
• 83$150,000 to $199,999
• 17$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 97835

• 6$50,000 to $59,999
• 13$70,000 to $79,999
• 5$100,000 to $124,999
• 1$125,000 to $149,999
• 9$150,000 to $174,999
• 1$175,000 to $199,999
• 51$200,000 to $249,999
• 5$250,000 to $299,999
• 12$300,000 to $399,999
• 13$400,000 to $499,999
• 24$500,000 to $749,999
• 1$750,000 to $999,999
• 9$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
• 7$2,000,000 or more

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 97835

• 8$350 to $399
• 2$500 to $549
• 2$550 to $599
• 3$650 to $699
• 2$1,000 to $1,249
• 8No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $649.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $409,505.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $261,053
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $251,867

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $261,350 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $237,111 - $426,863

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $198,255

Here:	$198,255
State:	$562,872

Mobile homes: $91,643

Here:	$91,643
State:	$214,044

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 230
• Mobile homes: 35
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7

Unemployment: 2.9%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 97835

• 49.9%116Drove a car alone
• 6.9%16Carpooled
• 9.9%23Walked
• 38.7%90Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 97835

• 6Less than 5 minutes
• 265 to 9 minutes
• 110 to 14 minutes
• 915 to 19 minutes
• 2020 to 24 minutes
• 1025 to 29 minutes
• 2230 to 34 minutes
• 140 to 44 minutes
• 745 to 59 minutes
• 4460 to 89 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 98.3%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 489

• Male householders: 90 (36 living alone), Female householders: 133 (23 living alone)

• 107 spouses (107 opposite-sex spouses), 3 unmarried partners, (3 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 141 children (137 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives

Size of family households: 43 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 81 4-persons, 14 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 57 1-person, 2 2-persons

97 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (4 men, 1 women).

98.6% of residents of 97835 zip code speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• GRISWOLD SCHOOL (120 MAIN in HELIX, OR)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-3364
  Organizations: HELIX SCH DIST 001 (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• HELIX SD 1 (MAIN ST in HELIX, OR)

  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3.5%

Population in 1990: 383.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 368
• Midwest: 28
• South: 2
• West: 83

58% of the 97835 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Oregon.

92% of the 97835 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% moved from this county.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school):
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Wholesale Trade: Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (10-19 employees: 1 establishment)
• Wholesale Trade: Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers (10-19: 1)
• Information: Wired Telecommunications Carriers (1-4: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance (1-4: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Automotive Body, Paint, and Interior Repair and Maintenance (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 97835 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Henry	3	77.4 years
George	3	83.3 years
Helen	3	73.6 years
William	3	81.3 years
Joseph	2	86.0 years
Alice	2	87.5 years
Edna	2	81.0 years
Anna	2	89.5 years
Jens	2	80.5 years
Esther	2	92.5 years

Most common last names in zip code 97835 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Newtson	9	75.2 years
Terjeson	6	82.7 years
Smith	4	80.8 years
Kononen	3	74.4 years
Brogoitti	3	74.6 years
Muller	3	79.6 years
Hutchinson	2	77.0 years
Campbell	2	81.0 years
Johnson	2	78.5 years
Knopf	2	83.5 years