Gold Hill is a very small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 1,330 people and two associated neighborhoods, Gold Hill is the 177th largest community in Oregon. Housing costs in Gold Hill are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Oregon.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Gold Hill is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gold Hill is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gold Hill who work in office and administrative support (18.42%), food service (11.09%), and personal care services (6.73%). Also of interest is that Gold Hill has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.00% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Gold Hill has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gold Hill a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small city, Gold Hill does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in Gold Hill is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.05% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Gold Hill in 2022 was $28,320, which is lower middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,280 for a family of four. However, Gold Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gold Hill is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gold Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gold Hill residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Gold Hill include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Gold Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
