The racial makeup of the city was 96.09% White, 0.09% African American, 1.96% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.28% from other races, and 1.40% from two or more races. There were 446 housing units at an average density of 641.6 per square mile (247.7/km 2). The population density was 1,543.5 inhabitants per square mile (595.9/km 2). 2000 census Īs of the census of 2000, there were 1,073 people, 419 households, and 294 families living in the city. The gender makeup of the city was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. 19.5% of residents were under the age of 18 8.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24 23.1% were from 25 to 44 34.2% were from 45 to 64 and 14.4% were 65 years of age or older. The median age in the city was 43.9 years. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.83. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 509 households, of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.4% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband, 7.3% had a male householder with no wife, and 34.0% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.7% of the population. The racial makeup of the city was 93.5% White, 0.2% African American, 1.6% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.7% from other races, and 3.6% from two or more races. There were 552 housing units, at an average density of 716.9 per square mile (276.8/km 2). The population density was 1,584.4 inhabitants per square mile (611.7/km 2). Demographics Historical population CensusĪs of the census of 2010, there were 1,220 people, 509 households, and 336 families living in the city. Gold Hill is connected to Shady Cove to the northeast by Oregon Route 234. Gold Hill lies east of the city of Rogue River and northwest of Central Point and Medford along Interstate 5 and Oregon Route 99 in the Rogue River Valley. Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.77 square miles (1.99 km 2), all of it land. Gold Hill became world famous for its production of cement from area limestone deposit's. Seasoned prospectors specialized in placer mining from rivers, creeks, and streams. Gold Hill became a boomtown overnight after time it became well known as pocket gold county. In 1852, Colonel William T'Vault and family made a claim, naming it Dardanelles, on the south side of the Rogue. The City's name comes from a nearby hill that was the location of a 19th-century gold discovery, on 'Big Bar” on the Rogue River in the early 1850s. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,335. Gold Hill is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, in the United States.

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