Dufur, Oregon

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Coordinates: 45°27′12″N, 121°7′38″W
Dufur, Oregon
Location in Oregon
County	Wasco County
Incorporated	1893
Government
- Mayor	Darrel Wolff
Area
- City	1.5 km² (0.6 sq mi)
- Land	1.5 km² (0.6 sq mi)
- Water	0 km² (0 sq mi)
Elevation	410 m (1,345 ft)
Population (2000)
- City	588
- Density	391.4/km² (1,007.5/sq mi)
Time zone	Pacific (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	Pacific (UTC-7)

Dufur is a city in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. The population was 588 at the 2000 census. It is a farming community, with wheat being an important crop, along with tree fruit and grapes.

Dufur was incorporated in 1893 and named after Andrew J. Dufur and his brother Enoch Burnham Dufur. In 1859 they began raising stock on 600 acres of land located where the city now stands.^{[citation needed]}

On the second full weekend of August, Dufur holds its annual Threshing Bee, a harvest festival celebrating the local agricultural economy. The festival includes demonstrations of horse-drawn harvesting equipment, and a steam tractor that powers a belt-driven threshing machine.

From early July through mid-August the town of Dufur's population nearly doubles with each passing week as hundreds of Boy Scouts and adult leaders from the Cascade Pacific Council of the Boy Scouts of America flock to Camp Baldwin, a Boy Scout Summer Camp 17 miles west of Dufur in the Mount Hood National Forest.

[edit] Geography

Dufur is located at 45°27′12″N, 121°7′38″W (45.453227, -121.127244)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 588 people, 244 households, and 173 families residing in the city. The population density was 391.4/km² (1,007.5/mi²). There were 265 housing units at an average density of 176.4/km² (454.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.45% White, 0.68% Native American, 0.34% from other races, and 1.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.36% of the population.

There were 244 households out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 21.9% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 103.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $37,500, and the median income for a family was $41,667. Males had a median income of $34,375 versus $19,792 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,615. About 5.2% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.