City safety & data profile
MedfordOR
Medford, OR is a 80K-resident city in Jackson County with a median household income of $73,230.
Jackson County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Medford, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Medford has a population larger than 89% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $417,100, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 80K
- Population (place)
- Top 11%
- By size
- $73,230
- Median income (place)
- $417,100
- Median home (place)
- 13.2%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Medford
Medford posts a median household income higher than 41% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Medford area.
- Bottom 42%
- by median income, US cities
- 2
- hospitals in & near Medford
Composite score · Medford, 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.
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.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
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 Medford stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Medford income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$73,230 Bottom 41% higher than 41% 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
Largest cities in OR
57 OR places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this 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 Portland tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Bethany instead.
Income ranking: 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 Medford, OR beyond the headline numbers
Medford sits inside Jackson County, Oregon, at roughly 42.33°N, -122.88°W. Population 79,805, $73,230 median household income. Median home value $417,100, median rent $1,376. Poverty rate 13.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
2 hospitals in/around Medford, 3/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER. Climate: 55.9°F annual average, 18.3" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.3% in Medford, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
The median home in Medford costs around 5.7 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.
Poverty in Medford, OR stands at 13.2%, 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.
Remote work covers 10.5% of Medford workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Unemployment in Medford sits at 5.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
30.1% of Medford adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Median rent in Medford, OR runs $1,376/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Medford 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 (Jackson County): Medford'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
What stands out most about Medford's economic profile: median household income at $73,230, 18% below the average across tracked places. Median rent also diverges: $1,376/mo, 11% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 13.2% +6% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5.3% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 30.1% |
| Work From Home | 10.5% |
| Public Transit | 0.5% |
Population
Community Health 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 2 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.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20241.4% above national average
Metro area: Medford, OR (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Claims on Record
FEMA NFIP, county-levelJackson County has recorded 19 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $159K in payouts since 2016.
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 Medford?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Medford right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OR-MEDFORD-OR · Medford
Medford: 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 Medford; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology
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Questions & Answers 9
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Medford, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (13.2% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($73,230 here).
Compare Medford 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 Medford'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 Medford 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 Medford against Oregon peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oregon
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
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 (Jackson 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.