Wasco, Oregon: commercial real estate data.
Wasco is a Census city of 455 people across 1.01 square miles of land, in Sherman County. Median household income is $65,000, 74.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.0 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Wasco
What Wasco is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.01 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land451 plus or minus 103
- County holding the largest share of its areaSherman County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wasco
How many people live in Wasco
- Population455 plus or minus 104
- Median age45.7 plus or minus 14.3
- Population under 1868 plus or minus 22
- Share under 1814.9 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Population 65 and over132 plus or minus 33
- Share 65 and over29.0 percent
- Households198 plus or minus 43
- Family households118 plus or minus 29
- Share of households that are families59.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wasco
Income and work in Wasco
- Median household income$65,000 plus or minus $27,811
- Per capita income$32,329
- Civilian labor force185 plus or minus 62
- Employed185 plus or minus 62
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over333 plus or minus 74
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.7 percent plus or minus 27.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher7.8 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.4 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Wasco
- Housing units222 plus or minus 46
- Occupied units198 plus or minus 43
- Vacant units24 plus or minus 16
- Vacancy rate10.8 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Owner occupied147 plus or minus 32
- Renter occupied51 plus or minus 27
- Ownership rate74.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$229,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,229
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.7 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Single family units146 plus or minus 39
- Share single family65.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2 plus or minus 13
- Share in buildings of two or more0.9 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Mobile homes72 plus or minus 28
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Wasco gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute174 plus or minus 63
- Commuting under 15 minutes73 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more62 plus or minus 30
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.6 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Drove alone83.2 percent
- Carpooled7.0 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.8 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Worked from home5.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wasco
SBA loans in Wasco (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$2,016,000
- Average approval$2,016,000
- Median approval$2,016,000
- Largest approval$2,016,000
- Jobs supported3
- Jobs per approval3.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wasco, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wasco
Flood risk in Wasco
- NFIP communityCity of Wasco
- NFIP community number410195
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date07/22/25
The City of Wasco participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 410195 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Sherman County, not Wasco
Sherman County context, not Wasco figures
- Establishments in Sherman County63
- Covered employment, Sherman County965
- Average annual pay, Sherman County$65,115
Every figure in this section is published for Sherman County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wasco.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Wasco questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wasco, Oregon?
455, in 198 households. Wasco city covers 1.01 square miles of land, which is 451 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wasco in?
Sherman County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Wasco?
$65,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $229,300. Median gross rent is $1,229 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wasco businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $2.0 m since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $2,016,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wasco, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wasco borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wasco. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Wasco in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Wasco appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Wasco, city of, community 410195, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Wasco figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sherman County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Wasco.
Is zoning published for Wasco?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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