City safety & data profile

Grants PassOR

Grants Pass, OR is a 37K-resident city in Josephine County with a median household income of $59,646.

Josephine County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Grants Pass, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Grants Pass has a population larger than 71% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $382,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-16
37K
Population (place)
Top 29%
By size
$59,646
Median income (place)
$382,600
Median home (place)
14.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Grants Pass

Grants Pass posts a median household income higher than 22% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Grants Pass area.

Bottom 23%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Grants Pass

Composite score · Grants Pass, OR

29/100

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.

Violent crime D
297 /100k

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.

Poverty rate F
14.4%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Household income F
$59,646

Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Bachelor's+ share F
19.3%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Grants Pass in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).

Where Grants Pass income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$59,646 Bottom 22% higher than 22% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Grants Pass $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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

Population ranking: OR

57 OR places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.

residents

What this shows Portland tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Bethany instead.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Income ranking: OR

Median household income among the same 57-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Bethany leads this pool on median income; Portland is the population leader instead.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Grants Pass, OR beyond the headline numbers

Grants Pass sits inside Josephine County, Oregon, at roughly 42.44°N, -123.33°W. Population 37,088, $59,646 median household income. Median home value $382,600, median rent $1,217. Poverty rate 14.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Grants Pass, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 55.6°F annual average, 31.6" precipitation.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.9% in Grants Pass, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

The median home in Grants Pass costs around 6.4 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.

19.3% of Grants Pass adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.

Poverty in Grants Pass, OR stands at 14.4%, 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.

Median rent in Grants Pass, OR runs $1,217/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.

Remote work covers 10% of Grants Pass workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Unemployment in Grants Pass sits at 5.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Grants Pass 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.

A Decade of Change 2013–2024

County-level trend (Josephine County): Grants Pass'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.

20132024
Population
88K+7%
Median Income
$60,098+59%
Median Home Value
$404,300+83%
Poverty Rate
15.6%-23%
Unemployment
6.4%-58%

Economics

The clearest outlier in Grants Pass's numbers is median household income: $59,646, which is 33% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median rent runs 21% below average too, at $1,217/mo.

Economics indicators for Grants Pass, OR
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,217/mo
Poverty Rate
14.4% +16% vs avg
Unemployment 5.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 19.3%
Work From Home 10%
Public Transit 0.5%

Population Snapshot

White 84.7%
African American 0.4%
Asian 0.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.1%

Health at a Glance 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
36.8%
Obesity
34.1%
Short Sleep Duration
32.1%
Physical Inactivity
26.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.7%
Current Smoking
16.4%
Binge Drinking
14.1%
Diabetes
14%
Current Asthma
12.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.5%
Annual Checkup 73.5%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
10.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.8%
Stroke
4.7%

Hospital Access 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.

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
0
★★★
1
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
ASANTE THREE RIVERS MEDICAL CENTER
GRANTS PASS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Avg Temperature
56°F
Annual Rainfall
31.6"
Hot Months (>80°F)
2
Cold Months (<40°F)
0
48°
35°
Jan
5.1"
54°
36°
Feb
4.0"
60°
37°
Mar
3.7"
65°
40°
Apr
2.3"
74°
46°
May
1.4"
81°
51°
Jun
0.7"
91°
56°
Jul
0.4"
91°
55°
Aug
0.3"
84°
48°
Sep
0.6"
70°
41°
Oct
2.1"
54°
39°
Nov
4.4"
46°
35°
Dec
6.6"

Cost of Living

BEA 2024
97.8 Regional Price Parity

2.2% below national average

US avg
97.8

Metro area: Grants Pass, OR (MSA)

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.

NFIP Flood Claim History

FEMA NFIP, county-level
8
Claims filed
$130K
Total paid out
AE
Most common flood zone

Since 2016, NFIP has paid out $130K across 8 flood insurance claims filed in Josephine County.

The NFIP record does not attribute most of this county's claims to one named flood event.

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 Grants Pass?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Grants Pass right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OR-GRANTS-PASS · Grants Pass

Grants Pass: 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 Grants Pass; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology

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Common Questions 9

What is the population of Grants Pass, OR? ▼
Grants Pass, OR has a population of 37,088 people, located in Josephine County, Oregon.
What is the median household income in Grants Pass? ▼
The median household income in Grants Pass, OR is $59,646 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.4%.
What is the median home value in Grants Pass? ▼
The median home value in Grants Pass, OR is $382,600. Median rent is $1,217/month.
What are the top health concerns in Grants Pass? ▼
The top health indicators in Grants Pass include High Blood Pressure (36.8%), Obesity (34.1%), Short Sleep Duration (32.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Grants Pass? ▼
Grants Pass has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Grants Pass? ▼
The median age in Grants Pass, OR is 40.8 years. 19.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What is the climate like in Grants Pass? ▼
Grants Pass has an average annual temperature of 55.6°F and 31.6" of annual precipitation.
What is the cost of living in Grants Pass? ▼
The regional price parity for Grants Pass is 97.76, meaning prices are 2.2% below the national average.
Has Grants Pass had flood insurance claims? ▼
Josephine County, Oregon has recorded 8 NFIP flood insurance claims since 2016, totaling $130K in payouts. This is county-level data: FEMA does not attribute individual claims to a specific city.

Cities nationwide with a comparable poverty or income figure 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Grants Pass, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (14.4% here).

North Charleston, SC 14.4% Miami Beach, FL 14.4% Westminster, CA 14.4% Bayonne, NJ 14.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($59,646 here).

Winter Haven, FL $59,648 Spencer, IA $59,667 Lake Station, IN $59,591 Weirton, WV $59,575

Compare Grants Pass 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.

Quick picks:

Cities Close By 8

Central Point, OR 18K Medford, OR 80K Ashland, OR 21K Roseburg, OR 22K Coos Bay, OR 16K Klamath Falls, OR 21K Altamont, OR 19K Eugene, OR 177K
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What to do with Grants Pass'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 Grants Pass 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 Grants Pass 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 (Josephine 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.