City safety & data profile

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Oregon, OH is a 20K-resident city in Lucas County with a median household income of $82,197.

Lucas County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Oregon, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Oregon has a population larger than 44% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $204,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

20K
Population (place)
Bottom 45%
By size
$82,197
Median income (place)
$204,600
Median home (place)
8.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Oregon

Oregon posts a median household income higher than 52% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 recent safety alert is on record and 1 hospital serves the Oregon area.

Top 48%
by median income, US cities
1
safety alert on record
1
hospital in & near Oregon

Where Oregon income ranks nationally

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

$82,197 Top 48% higher than 52% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Oregon $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-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 OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

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

The quick read

Reading Oregon, OH beyond the headline numbers

Oregon sits inside Lucas County, Ohio, at roughly 41.64°N, -83.49°W. Population 20,102, $82,197 median household income. Median home value $204,600, median rent $900. Poverty rate 8.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Oregon, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 8.5%, poverty in Oregon, OH runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Oregon runs about 2.5 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 4.6% of Oregon workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 7.5% in Oregon, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Oregon workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 45.1 years, Oregon's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

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

Population (place)
20,102
Oregon · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$82,197
-8% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$204,600
-51% vs avg
Median Age (place)
45.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lucas County): Oregon'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
428K-3%
Median Income
$62,224+50%
Median Home Value
$163,900+51%
Poverty Rate
17.7%-15%
Unemployment
6.3%-54%

Economics

Economics indicators for Oregon, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$900/mo
Poverty Rate
8.5% -31% vs avg
Unemployment 3.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 25.4%
Work From Home 4.6%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 87.8%
African American 1.2%
Asian 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
36.1%
Short Sleep Duration
36%
Obesity
32.6%
Physical Inactivity
27.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.8%
Binge Drinking
16%
Current Smoking
14.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.1%
Diabetes
12.7%
Current Asthma
10.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 68.2%
Annual Checkup 81%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.5%
Stroke
3.7%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
0
★★★
1
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
BAY PARK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
OREGON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Oregon? 1

Earthquakes

Minor M 3.3 Earthquake Recorded 36 km East of Bonanza, Oregon

USGS ·

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-OREGON-OH · Oregon

Oregon: 117 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 117 on record
  • WX-LED 62% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · CPSC/FDA/NHTSA · USGS
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset
  • RANK-MID #64 tagged volume

Tagged alert mix: Oregon

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 117 tagged notices on record for Oregon.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ81)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Oregon; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (117 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Oregon, OH? ▼
Oregon, OH has a population of 20,102 people, located in Lucas County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Oregon? ▼
The median household income in Oregon, OH is $82,197 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8.5%.
What is the median home value in Oregon? ▼
The median home value in Oregon, OH is $204,600. Median rent is $900/month.
What are the top health concerns in Oregon? ▼
The top health indicators in Oregon include High Blood Pressure (36.1%), Short Sleep Duration (36%), Obesity (32.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Oregon? ▼
Oregon has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Oregon? ▼
The median age in Oregon, OH is 45.1 years. 25.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (8.5% here).

Miramar, FL 8.5% Rochester, MN 8.5% Sandy Springs, GA 8.5% Hillsboro, OR 8.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($82,197 here).

Gardendale, AL $82,192 Fayetteville, GA $82,188 South Yarmouth, MA $82,188 Post Falls, ID $82,183

Compare Oregon 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:

Nearby Cities 8

Toledo, OH 266K Perrysburg, OH 21K Maumee, OH 14K Sylvania, OH 19K Monroe, MI 20K Bowling Green, OH 31K Fremont, OH 16K Fostoria, OH 13K
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Using Oregon'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 Oregon 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 against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio

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 (Lucas 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.