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Oregon, WI is a 10K-resident city in Dane County with a median household income of $102,978.

Dane County, Wisconsin. 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 0% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $417,200.

Data updated 2026-09-04

10K
Population (place)
Bottom 1%
By size
$102,978
Median income (place)
$417,200
Median home (place)
4.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Oregon

Oregon posts a median household income higher than 71% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 29%
by median income, US cities

Where Oregon income ranks nationally

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

$102,978 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 WI

Population among 85 WI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Milwaukee is the largest WI city on this list; Whitefish Bay leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in WI

Median household income among the same 85-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Whitefish Bay posts the highest place-level median income in WI; Milwaukee 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, WI beyond the headline numbers

Oregon sits inside Dane County, Wisconsin, at roughly 42.93°N, -89.38°W. Population 10,043, $102,978 median household income. Median home value $417,200, median rent $1,221. Poverty rate 4.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 4.7% of Oregon, WI residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Oregon runs about 4.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

22.6% of Oregon workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 21% in Oregon, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Oregon workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters 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)
10,043
Oregon · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$102,978
+15% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$417,200
Near average
Median Age (place)
39.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Dane 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
573K+15%
Median Income
$89,975+46%
Median Home Value
$394,800+73%
Poverty Rate
10.6%-18%
Unemployment
2.4%-58%

Economics

Economics indicators for Oregon, WI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,221/mo
Poverty Rate
4.7% -62% vs avg
Unemployment 2.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 50.3%
Work From Home 22.6%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 87.5%
African American 5.3%
Asian 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
34.5%
Short Sleep Duration
29.1%
High Blood Pressure
27.2%
Binge Drinking
21%
Physical Inactivity
21%
Frequent Mental Distress
15%
Current Smoking
11.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.5%
Current Asthma
10.4%
Diabetes
8.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 70.1%
Annual Checkup 74.5%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.1%
Stroke
2.7%

What alerts and safety updates affect Oregon?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Oregon right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet WI-OREGON-WI · 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

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 Wisconsin 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 5

What is the population of Oregon, WI? ▼
Oregon, WI has a population of 10,043 people, located in Dane County, Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Oregon? ▼
The median household income in Oregon, WI is $102,978 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 4.7%.
What is the median home value in Oregon? ▼
The median home value in Oregon, WI is $417,200. Median rent is $1,221/month.
What are the top health concerns in Oregon? ▼
The top health indicators in Oregon include Obesity (34.5%), Short Sleep Duration (29.1%), High Blood Pressure (27.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Oregon? ▼
The median age in Oregon, WI is 39.6 years. 50.3% 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 Wisconsin so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WI (4.7% here).

Livonia, MI 4.7% Levittown, NY 4.7% The Villages, FL 4.7% Edina, MN 4.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WI ($102,978 here).

Capitola, CA $102,976 Wailuku, HI $102,942 Bloomingdale, IL $102,928 Ventura, CA $103,069

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.

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Nearby Cities 8

Fitchburg, WI 28K Madison, WI 280K Verona, WI 13K Stoughton, WI 13K Middleton, WI 19K Waunakee, WI 13K Sun Prairie, WI 32K Monroe, WI 11K
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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 Wisconsin peers on any ranking lens. Explore Wisconsin

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 (Dane County) where that is the smallest published unit.

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