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Cost of living in The Dalles, Oregon

The Dalles, Oregon has about 15,917 people. Typical rent is $993 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $62,614 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #19 in Oregon on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $993 a month.

The Dalles is a city in Oregon. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $62,614 a year.

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People
15,917
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$993
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$62,614
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$360,800
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,604
Wasco County, OR

The Dalles, Oregon has about 15,917 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $360,800.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Wasco County is $1,604 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in The Dalles. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Oregon's prices sit at 103.4 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Oregon taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 0.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not The Dalles's exact store tax.

Some places in Oregon add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.18% of income. That is not a The Dalles bill.

In July 2026, a typical Oregon home paid 15.97¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not The Dalles's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Oregon in the table we use.

Among 208 places we list in Oregon with a rent figure, 166 have higher typical rent than The Dalles.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.