City safety & data profile
Oregon CityOR
Oregon City, OR is a 36K-resident city in Clackamas County with a median household income of $97,829.
Clackamas County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Oregon City, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Oregon City has a population larger than 70% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $555,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 36K
- Population (place)
- Top 30%
- By size
- $97,829
- Median income (place)
- $555,800
- Median home (place)
- 6.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Oregon City
Oregon City posts a median household income higher than 67% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Oregon City area.
- Top 33%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Oregon City
Composite score · Oregon City, OR
61/100
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.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; 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.
Compare against every tracked city: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Oregon City income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$97,829 Top 33% higher than 67% 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
Population among 57 OR places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same 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 is the largest OR city on this list; Bethany leads median income.
Top earners by city 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 leads this pool on median income; Portland is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Oregon City, OR beyond the headline numbers
Oregon City sits inside Clackamas County, Oregon, at roughly 45.36°N, -122.61°W. Population 35,831, $97,829 median household income. Median home value $555,800, median rent $1,708. Poverty rate 6.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Oregon City, 4/5 avg rating, 1 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: 12.3% in Oregon City, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
The median home in Oregon City 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.
At 6.8%, poverty in Oregon City, OR runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
Median rent in Oregon City, OR runs $1,708/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
15.2% of Oregon City workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Unemployment in Oregon City sits at 4.4%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
33.4% of Oregon City adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Oregon City 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 (Clackamas County): Oregon City'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
Oregon City's poverty rate of 6.8% runs 45% below the tracked-city average, the most notable of the economic figures Areazine tracks here. Median rent also diverges: $1,708/mo, 11% above average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 6.8% -45% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.4% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 33.4% |
| Work From Home | 15.2% |
| Public Transit | 1.7% |
Headcount
Community Health 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
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.
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-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $3.3M across 78 flood insurance claims filed in Clackamas 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 Oregon City?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Oregon City right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OR-OREGON-CITY · Oregon City
Oregon City: 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 Oregon City; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 9
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Oregon City, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (6.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($97,829 here).
Compare Oregon City 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
What to do with Oregon City'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 Oregon City area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Oregon City against Oregon peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oregon
U.S. Census ACS supplies the place-level population and economics figures (income, home value, poverty, education); CDC PLACES supplies health; hospital counts reflect nearby facilities. County-level trends carry their own label.
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.