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SheetOH-OREGON-OH · Oregon, OH 19,821 pop · income 64th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Oregon
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Oregon on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Harvey · lowest
41,091
Harvey · lowest
41,091 median HH income
32.8% of the leader · rank #1
Anchor Bay · near
82,448
Anchor Bay · near
82,448 median HH income
65.7% of the leader · rank #2
Waxahachie · near
82,449
Waxahachie · near
82,449 median HH income
65.7% of the leader · rank #3
Cold Springs · near
82,450
Cold Springs · near
82,450 median HH income
65.7% of the leader · rank #4
Hempstead · near
82,454
Hempstead · near
82,454 median HH income
65.7% of the leader · rank #5
Oregon · this city
82,467
Oregon · this city
82,467 median HH income
65.7% of the leader · rank #6
Mamaroneck · highest
125,459
Mamaroneck · highest
125,459 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Oregon on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 19,821.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Oregon - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Oregon places in the 64th percentile for household income and the 6th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
64th
percentile, household income
40th
percentile, home value
22nd
percentile, median rent
6th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Oregon, OH
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 19,821 residents in Oregon, a small town within Ohio. Households in Oregon report a median income of $82,467 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.9%. Typical homes in Oregon are valued around $191,300, and the median resident age is 44.3 years. 23.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 62.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 37 residential building permits were authorized in Oregon (Growing), up 12% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Oregon's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 4399.4 crimes per 100,000 residents, above the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Ohio scores 92.8 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,092 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Ohio run around $228, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Oregon's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist to population change to reported crime to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Oregon, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Oregon?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 83.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Oregon?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
Which cities make useful reference points for Oregon?
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Miamisburg (19,859 residents, $82,095 income); Broadview Heights (19,768 residents, $99,431 income); Whitehall (19,974 residents, $50,812 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Harvey, IL (19,831 residents); Mamaroneck, NY (19,840 residents); Bartow, FL (19,801 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -250 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -1.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 37 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Oregon?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 4399.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 93% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
4205.9
Violent rate
193.5
Total reported rate
4399.4
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 23.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
6
Bachelor's degree+
23.9%
Poverty estimate
4.9%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above median income · poverty 4.9% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Ohio average
C+
City profile score · Oregon, OH
60/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living B+
92.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate B-
4.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C+
$82,467
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime D
194 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share D
23.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Oregon profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Poverty rate: 66/100 (B-) · 4.9%
Household income: 62/100 (C+) · $82,467
Violent crime: 49/100 (D) · 194 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 46/100 (D) · 23.9%
Where Oregon sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Oregon's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Oregon highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Oregon, OH (this city): home $191,300, crime 4,399/100k
Harvey, IL : home $86,100, crime 2,218/100k
Bartow, FL : home $210,400, crime 2,282/100k
Universal City, TX : home $249,400, crime 2,361/100k
Miamisburg, OH : home $203,700, crime 1,618/100k
Broadview Heights, OH : home $292,500, crime 107/100k
Whitehall, OH : home $138,700, crime 7,009/100k
Forest Park, OH : home $163,200, crime 1,972/100k
Springboro, OH : home $330,300, crime 648/100k
Mayfield Heights, OH : home $187,600, crime 318/100k
How does Oregon compare to other US cities?
Where Oregon sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income64% higher than other cities
Home value40% pricier than other cities
Median rent22% pricier than other cities
Safety6% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Ohio, Oregon ranks #266 of 281 Ohio cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Oregon against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Ohio only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Ohio-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Oregon near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Oregon ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Oregon only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#279 of 1,145
76th percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Median Home Value
#338 of 1,164
71st percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#705 of 1,196
40th percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#427 of 1,196
64th percentile in Ohio
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Ohio only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
64th percentile nationally for median household income · 6th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Oregon's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Oregon's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Oregon's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$191,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 60% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. 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 ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Oregon's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#3,063 of 15,516
More affordable than 80% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#223 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.3×, Oregon sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,063 of 15,516 and #223 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$82,467Oregon, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Oregon, OH median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Oregon, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
19,821
Median Income
$82,467
Median Home Value
$191,300
Median Age
44.3
Poverty Rate
4.9%
Labor force participation
62.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
23.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
4399.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
193.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
4205.9
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
6
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Oregon's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
19,924 residents
2021
19,823 residents
2022
19,758 residents
2023
19,700 residents
2024
19,661 residents
2025
19,674 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Growing
Total Permits (2024)
37
housing units authorized
Single-Family
37
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
33
29
4
$7.3M
2020
42
42
0
$10.6M
2021
28
28
0
$8.1M
2022
25
23
2
$6.6M
2023
19
19
0
$5.4M
2024
37
37
0
$11.8M
Permit volume increased 12% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
83.2%
Carpool
10.2%
Public Transit
0.2%
Walk
1.2%
Work from Home
4.4%
Other
0.8%
Based on 9,807 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Ohio statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $228
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Ohio at $228 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Ohio statewide averages, not a meter reading for Oregon. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Ohio's BEA cost-of-living index is 92.8 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Oregon is $1,092/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Ohio statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Ohio statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Oregon sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Oregon compares to similar-size Ohio cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.