City safety & data profile
GladstoneOR
Gladstone, OR is a 12K-resident city in Clackamas County with a median household income of $91,250.
Clackamas County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Gladstone, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Gladstone has a population larger than 13% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $480,700, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 12K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 14%
- By size
- $91,250
- Median income (place)
- $480,700
- Median home (place)
- 13.6%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Gladstone
Gladstone posts a median household income higher than 62% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Gladstone area.
- Top 38%
- by median income, US cities
- 5
- hospitals in & near Gladstone
Composite score · Gladstone, OR
45/100
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.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; 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.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Compare against every tracked city: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Gladstone income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$91,250 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
Biggest cities by headcount in OR
Ranked by headcount across the 57 OR places Areazine tracks with both population and income data. Tooltip carries the income rank.
- 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 Portland is the largest OR city on this list; Bethany leads median income.
Highest median incomes in OR
Median household income across 57 tracked OR places. Hover a bar for its 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 Bethany posts the highest place-level median income in OR; Portland is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Gladstone, OR beyond the headline numbers
Gladstone sits inside Clackamas County, Oregon, at roughly 45.38°N, -122.59°W. Population 11,986, $91,250 median household income. Median home value $480,700, median rent $1,740. Poverty rate 13.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Gladstone (nearest 3.9 mi away), 3.2/5 avg rating, 4 with an ER. Climate: 55.4°F annual average, 44.7" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.4% in Gladstone, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
At 44.8 years, Gladstone's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
2.8% of Gladstone workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
20.7% of Gladstone workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.
The median home in Gladstone costs around 5.3 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.
Median rent in Gladstone, OR runs $1,740/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
Unemployment in Gladstone sits at 5.9%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
25.8% of Gladstone adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Poverty in Gladstone, OR stands at 13.6%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Gladstone 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.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Clackamas County): Gladstone'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.
Money & Work
Gladstone's median rent of $1,740/mo runs 13% above the tracked-city average, the most notable of the economic figures Areazine tracks here. A second figure worth noting: poverty rate at 13.6%, 10% above the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 13.6% +10% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5.9% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 25.8% |
| Work From Home | 20.7% |
| Public Transit | 2.8% |
By the Numbers
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearby Hospital Options 5 within 25 mi
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.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20245.4% above national average
Metro area: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
NFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelClackamas County has recorded 78 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $3.3M in payouts since 2016.
Most claims in this county are not tied to a single named storm or hurricane in the NFIP record.
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 Gladstone?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Gladstone right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OR-GLADSTONE-OR · Gladstone
Gladstone: 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 Gladstone; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology
Related reading
Common Questions 9
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Cities nationwide with a comparable poverty or income figure 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Gladstone, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (13.6% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($91,250 here).
Compare Gladstone 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
What to do with Gladstone's numbers
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 Gladstone 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 Gladstone 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 (Clackamas 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.