Talent is a somewhat small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 6,203 people and three associated neighborhoods, Talent is the 78th largest community in Oregon.Talent is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.23% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Talent is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Talent who work in food service (15.00%), office and administrative support (12.50%), and management occupations (8.34%). Of important note, Talent is also a city of artists. Talent has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Talent’s character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.45% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 citizens of Talent are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.86% of adults in Talent have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Talent in 2022 was $29,606, which is lower middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $118,424 for a family of four. However, Talent contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Talent is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Talent home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Talent residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Talent also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.88% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Talent include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and European. The most common language spoken in Talent is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
