City safety & data profile
OntarioOR
Ontario, OR is a 11K-resident city in Malheur County with a median household income of $46,308.
Malheur County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Ontario, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Ontario has a population larger than 6% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $236,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 11K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 7%
- By size
- $46,308
- Median income (place)
- $236,300
- Median home (place)
- 21%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Ontario
Ontario posts a median household income higher than 5% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Ontario area.
- Bottom 6%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Ontario
Composite score · Ontario, OR
17/100
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.
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.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; 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 Ontario income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$46,308 Bottom 5% higher than 5% 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
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 By headcount, Portland ranks #1 here -- income honors go to Bethany.
Highest median incomes 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 Bethany leads this pool on median income; Portland is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Ontario, OR beyond the headline numbers
Ontario sits inside Malheur County, Oregon, at roughly 44.03°N, -116.96°W. Population 10,999, $46,308 median household income. Median home value $236,300, median rent $804. Poverty rate 21%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Ontario, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 51.6°F annual average, 10.1" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 17.5% in Ontario, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
21% of Ontario, 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.
A typical renter in Ontario, OR pays $804/month, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities -- rent here is not what strains a local paycheck.
15.7% of Ontario adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
A median home in Ontario runs about 5.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Ontario's median age is 35.2 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Only 7.7% of Ontario workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
Public transit carries 0% of Ontario workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Unemployment in Ontario sits at 5.5%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Ontario 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 (Malheur County): Ontario'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
Ontario's poverty rate of 21.0% runs 69% above the tracked-city average, the most notable of the economic figures Areazine tracks here. Median rent runs 48% below average too, at $804/mo.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 21% +69% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5.5% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 15.7% |
| Work From Home | 7.7% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
Population
Community Health 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.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsFlood Claims on Record
FEMA NFIP, county-levelMalheur County has recorded 7 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $108K 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 Ontario?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Ontario right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OR-ONTARIO-OR · Ontario
Ontario: 126 tagged alerts; lead category ECCC weather alert.
- VOL-HEAVY 126 on record
- MIX-LED 83% ca-weather
- DESK-MIX NOAA
- NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset
Tagged alert mix: Ontario
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Weather Alerts
Weather Alerts
105
- Weather Alerts 19
Weather Alerts
19
- Air Quality 1
Air Quality
1
- Product & Food Recalls 1
Product & Food Recalls
1
What this shows 126 tagged notices on record for Ontario.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ90)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Ontario; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology
Other cities with a matching alert count 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (126 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
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Questions & Answers 8
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Cities nationwide with a comparable poverty or income figure 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Ontario, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (21% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($46,308 here).
Compare Ontario 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.
Cities Close By 8
Using Ontario'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 Ontario 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 Ontario 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 (Malheur 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.