HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Traffic musings: Population, housing and growth

Written December 23rd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Sitting in Albany traffic on a weekday afternoon, I sometimes wonder where all these people are coming from and where are they going?


What’s behind demand for more housing

Written October 19th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

What is it that drives the demand for ever more housing in Oregon even while deaths of residents far outnumber births? The obvious answer is that people are moving in from out of state, but why?


Growth in numbers: The local census results

Written August 17th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

The population of Albany grew a little faster in the last few years than the official estimates had shown. That’s one of the conclusions to be drawn from the local results of the 2020 U.S. Census.


 
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