City · Wallowa County, Oregon

Enterprise, Oregon

Enterprise is a city in Wallowa County, Oregon. It has 2,131 residents. Enterprise, Oregon has a quality-of-life score of 68 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,972 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oregon it ranks #56 of 227 cities and towns. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), grocery stores (high) and primary care physicians (high). It ranks worst on drought exposure (high), pharmacies (low) and flu vaccinations (low).

68High

Quality-of-life score: #4,972 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oregon: #56 of 227 in OR
Population: 2,131 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,452.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4123500

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety80#3,129/15,637
Economy27#11,451/15,631
Housing31#10,377/14,977
Health57#6,726/15,609
Healthcare54#7,185/15,650
Environment74#3,953/15,453
Education94#965/15,649
Infrastructure35#10,105/15,650
Community71#4,566/15,651
Leisure & amenities88#1,889/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Enterprise, Oregon ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Wallowa County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Violent crime rate · low0 /100k
100/100Oregon 311 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2022Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureWallowa County value
Grocery stores · high7.9 /10k
100/100Oregon 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWallowa County value
Primary care physicians · high183 /100k
100/100Oregon 95 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWallowa County value
Average commute time · low8.1 min
100/100Oregon 23.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Voter turnout · high86.3%
100/100Oregon 70.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionWallowa County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Oregon 19.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWallowa County value

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high100%
1/100Oregon 56%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAWallowa County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Oregon 0.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWallowa County value
Flu vaccinations · low21.0%
1/100Oregon 39.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWallowa County value
Job growth · low-4.6%
2/100Oregon -1.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWallowa County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Oregon 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWallowa County value
Broadband subscriptions · low82.7%
5/100Oregon 92.4%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
27.2% (2015-2019) → 4.1% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
22.8% (2015-2019) → 37.5% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$39,375 (2015-2019) → $58,393 (2020-2024)
+48%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
49.3% (2015-2019) → 41.1% (2020-2024)
−8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
17.8% (2015-2019) → 10.2% (2020-2024)
−7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
29.7% (2015-2019) → 23.6% (2020-2024)
−6.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Enterprise, Oregon improved on 4 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Bachelor's++15 points22.8% → 37.5%
Poverty−7.7 points17.8% → 10.2%
Household income+48%$39,375 → $58,393
Broadband+4.7 points77.9% → 82.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Enterprise, Oregon between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	10.0 min2015-2019	8.1 min2020-2024	−1.9 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%2015-2019	37.5%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	77.9%2015-2019	82.7%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Improved	30%
Effective property tax rate	1.02%2015-2019	0.68%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	79%
High school diploma or higher	90.4%2015-2019	92.4%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Home price to income ratio	4.4×2015-2019	5.5×2020-2024	+1.0×	Within the margin of error	21%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4642015-2019	0.5552020-2024	+0.091	Within the margin of error	6%
Median household income	$39,3752015-2019	$58,3932020-2024	+48%	Improved	83%
Poverty rate	17.8%2015-2019	10.2%2020-2024	−7.7 points	Improved	89%
Rent as share of income	29.7%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	−6.1 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Rent-burdened households	49.3%2015-2019	41.1%2020-2024	−8.3 points	Within the margin of error	79%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Enterprise, Oregon five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Enterprise, Oregon in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Enterprise, Oregon itself moved +7.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,131 residents (±351)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

905 households (±131)

Enterprise, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $25k23%†209
$25k–50k17%†151
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

905 households (±131)

Enterprise, Oregon
Oregon share

Own68%616
Rent32%289

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

978 workers (±233)

Enterprise, Oregon
Oregon share

Drive alone73%712
Carpool4.4%†43
Public transit1.5%†15

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Wallowa County, the county holding most of Enterprise's residents.

Wallowa County has 366 employer establishments, 478 for every 10,000 residents (1.93× the US rate of 248; 1.66× Oregon's), with 1,995 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,555. The Census Bureau also counts 952 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 366; 952 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 478; US 248 · Oregon 288
Paid employees: 1,995
Average annual pay: $49,555; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Wallowa County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Construction of buildings	45	58.8	7.78×More than typical	191	$58,110	35
Lessors of real estate	24	31.4	2.55×More than typical	64	$50,531	221
Restaurants and other eating places	24	31.4	1.71×More than typical	135	$25,585	9
Specialty trade contractors	22	28.7	1.86×More than typical	63	$50,937	44
Ambulatory health care services	20	26.1	1.25×More than typical	223	$60,018	44
Full-service restaurants	15	19.6	2.55×More than typical	84	$29,857	3
Services to buildings and dwellings	11	14.4	2.13×More than typical	20	$38,750	35
Traveler accommodation	11	14.4	7.96×More than typical	76	$34,408	13
Truck transportation	11	14.4	2.84×More than typical	76	$62,092	8
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	9	11.8	4.42×Too few to compare	14	$86,071	13
Other amusement and recreation industries	9	11.8	4.85×Too few to compare	14	$86,071	13
Religious organizations	9	11.8	2.12×Too few to compare	25	$18,120	—

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,654 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Enterprise is mostly in Wallowa County.

See federal money in Wallowa County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Enterprise, Oregon is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Cliff BentzR-OR-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 0.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Wallowa County76100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Wallowa County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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