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Yoncalla, Oregon

Yoncalla is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,047 at the 2010 census.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.68 square miles (1.76 km2), of which, 0.67 square miles (1.74 km2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water.

Settlers first came to the area that would become Yoncalla in a covered wagon in the fall of 1848. Jesse Applegate arrived in 1849, and named the area after the Yoncalla-speaking Native Americans of the region.

In 1920 Yoncalla received attention for electing a female mayor and an all-female city council. Nearly a century later, in 2018, the city elected 18-year old Ben Simons mayor.

As of the 2020 census, Yoncalla had a population of 1,021. The median age was 50.8 years. 19.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 90.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.4 males age 18 and over.

0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 414 households in Yoncalla, of which 25.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 42.8% were married-couple households, 21.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 27.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 467 housing units, of which 11.3% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 77.8% were owner-occupied and 22.2% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3% and the rental vacancy rate was 8.7%.

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