City safety & data profile
HermistonOR
Hermiston, OR is a 17K-resident city in Umatilla County with a median household income of $66,998.
Umatilla County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Hermiston, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Hermiston has a population larger than 36% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $266,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 17K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 37%
- By size
- $66,998
- Median income (place)
- $266,700
- Median home (place)
- 10.1%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Hermiston
Hermiston posts a median household income higher than 32% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Hermiston area.
- Bottom 33%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Hermiston
Composite score · Hermiston, OR
36/100
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.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. 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.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Curious how Hermiston stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Hermiston income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$66,998 Bottom 32% higher than 32% 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
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 tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Bethany instead.
OR cities ranked by median household income
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 Hermiston, OR beyond the headline numbers
Hermiston sits inside Umatilla County, Oregon, at roughly 45.84°N, -119.29°W. Population 17,201, $66,998 median household income. Median home value $266,700, median rent $1,088. Poverty rate 10.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Hermiston, 0 with an ER. Climate: 53.9°F annual average, 8.6" precipitation.
Hermiston's median age is 30.9 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 16.4% in Hermiston, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Only 3.4% of Hermiston workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
16.7% of Hermiston adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Median rent in Hermiston, OR runs $1,088/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Public transit carries 0% of Hermiston workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
At 10.1%, poverty in Hermiston, OR runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
A median home in Hermiston runs about 4.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Unemployment in Hermiston sits at 4.9%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Hermiston 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.
Looking Back a Decade 2013–2024
County-level trend (Umatilla County): Hermiston'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.
Economic Snapshot
The clearest outlier in Hermiston's numbers is median rent: $1,088/mo, which is 29% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median household income also diverges: $66,998, 25% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 10.1% -19% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.9% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 16.7% |
| Work From Home | 3.4% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
Headcount
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsFlood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelUmatilla County has recorded 51 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $1.5M 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 Hermiston?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Hermiston right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OR-HERMISTON · Hermiston
Hermiston: 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 Hermiston; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 8
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Hermiston, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (10.1% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($66,998 here).
Compare Hermiston 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 Places 8
Next steps for Hermiston
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 Hermiston area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- A median income figure alone can mislead, cross-check it against the poverty rate for the fuller picture.
- Compare Hermiston 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 (Umatilla 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.