City safety & data profile
CorvallisOR
Corvallis, OR is a 56K-resident city in Benton County with a median household income of $65,012.
Benton County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Corvallis, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Corvallis has a population larger than 82% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $502,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 56K
- Population (place)
- Top 18%
- By size
- $65,012
- Median income (place)
- $502,900
- Median home (place)
- 24.3%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Corvallis
Corvallis posts a median household income higher than 30% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Corvallis area.
- Bottom 31%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Corvallis
Composite score · Corvallis, OR
43/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Curious how Corvallis stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Corvallis income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$65,012 Bottom 30% higher than 30% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
OR cities ranked by population
Population among 57 OR places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Portland
Portland, OR
652,503 residents
- Eugene 176,654
Eugene, OR
176,654 residents
- Salem 175,535
Salem, OR
175,535 residents
- Gresham 110,553
Gresham, OR
110,553 residents
- Hillsboro 102,347
Hillsboro, OR
102,347 residents
- Beaverton 96,577
Beaverton, OR
96,577 residents
- Bend 87,014
Bend, OR
87,014 residents
- Medford 79,805
Medford, OR
79,805 residents
- Springfield 60,870
Springfield, OR
60,870 residents
- Corvallis 55,780
Corvallis, OR
55,780 residents
What this shows By headcount, Portland ranks #1 here -- income honors go to Bethany.
Top earners by city in OR
The same 57-city OR pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.
- Bethany
Bethany, OR
$167,735 median
- Cedar Mill
Cedar Mill, OR
$164,079 median
- West Linn
West Linn, OR
$146,507 median
- Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego, OR
$141,549 median
- Oak Hills
Oak Hills, OR
$127,179 median
- Damascus
Damascus, OR
$122,500 median
- Happy Valley
Happy Valley, OR
$122,151 median
- Sherwood
Sherwood, OR
$109,966 median
- Sandy
Sandy, OR
$108,984 median
- Tigard
Tigard, OR
$108,823 median
What this shows Income honors go to Bethany here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Portland.
The quick read
Reading Corvallis, OR beyond the headline numbers
Corvallis sits inside Benton County, Oregon, at roughly 44.56°N, -123.26°W. Population 55,780, $65,012 median household income. Median home value $502,900, median rent $1,391. Poverty rate 24.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Corvallis, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
The median home in Corvallis costs around 7.7 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
Corvallis's median age is 27.9 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 27% in Corvallis, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.
24.3% of Corvallis, OR residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
8.4% unemployment puts Corvallis in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
A bachelor's degree or higher is common in Corvallis: 61.4% of adults, the highest quarter of reporting cities -- a labor pool skewed toward credentialed work.
18.9% of Corvallis workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Median rent in Corvallis, OR runs $1,391/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Corvallis from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Benton County): Corvallis's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
The Economic Picture
The clearest outlier in Corvallis's numbers is poverty rate: 24.3%, which is 96% above what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median household income also diverges: $65,012, 27% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 24.3% +96% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 8.4% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 61.4% |
| Work From Home | 18.9% |
| Public Transit | 2.1% |
Headcount
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearby Healthcare 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Cost of Living
BEA 20244.0% above national average
Metro area: Corvallis, OR (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
NFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-level7 flood insurance claims have been filed in Benton County since 2016, with $16K paid out by the NFIP.
No single named event dominates this county's claim history: most are individual, unnamed flood losses.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Corvallis?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Corvallis right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OR-CORVALLIS · Corvallis
Corvallis: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Corvallis; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Corvallis, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (24.3% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($65,012 here).
Compare Corvallis with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Corvallis's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Corvallis area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Corvallis against Oregon peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oregon
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Benton County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.