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Place dossier plate
SheetOR-EUGENE-OR · Eugene, OR 177,520 pop · income 41st pct · 93 tracts
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 Eugene
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Eugene on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Pompano Beach · lowest
63,832
Pompano Beach · lowest
63,832 median HH income
49.3% of the leader · rank #1
Paw Paw · near
63,833
Paw Paw · near
63,833 median HH income
49.3% of the leader · rank #2
James · near
63,835
James · near
63,835 median HH income
49.3% of the leader · rank #3
Eugene · this city
63,836
Eugene · this city
63,836 median HH income
49.3% of the leader · rank #4
Grand Forks · near
63,838
Grand Forks · near
63,838 median HH income
49.3% of the leader · rank #5
Speculator · near
63,839
Speculator · near
63,839 median HH income
49.3% of the leader · rank #6
Cary · highest
129,399
Cary · highest
129,399 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 Eugene 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: 177,520.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Eugene - the verdict
Eugene ranks in the 41st percentile for household income and the 10th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
41st
percentile, household income
80th
percentile, home value
66th
percentile, median rent
10th
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: Eugene, OR
Oregon's Eugene is a mid-sized U.S. city, with 177,520 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $63,836 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 7.8%. Typical homes in Eugene are valued around $435,400, and the median resident age is 35.4 years. Educational attainment runs 44.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 58.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 1,002 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 57% from five years earlier. Eugene's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 3573.6 in FBI UCR data, above the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Oregon carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Oregon at 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,425 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Oregon run around $185, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 63.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Eugene'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to within-city variation to population change to reported crime to schools and households to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Eugene, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Eugene?
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.
Within Oregon, the closest population matches are Salem (176,666 residents, $71,900 income); Gresham (112,818 residents, $73,608 income); Hillsboro (107,050 residents, $103,207 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Elk Grove, CA (177,221 residents); Santa Rosa, CA (177,216 residents); Ontario, CA (178,347 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Eugene?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 63.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
PlainCities matches 93 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +76 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 1,002 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
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 Eugene?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 3573.6 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 57% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
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.
Total reported rate
3573.6
Violent rate
317.9
Property rate
3255.7
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
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.
The NCES join finds 53 public schools within the city match. 44.2% 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.
Poverty estimate
7.8%
Bachelor's degree+
44.2%
Matched public schools
53
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Eugene?
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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
6.8×
Home value
$435,400
Household income
$63,836
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Below median income · poverty 7.8% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Oregon average
D
City profile score · Eugene, OR
42/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share B+
44.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate D
7.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income D
$63,836
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
318 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Eugene profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 79/100 (B+) · 44.2%
Poverty rate: 48/100 (D) · 7.8%
Household income: 40/100 (D) · $63,836
Violent crime: 30/100 (F) · 318 /100k
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Where Eugene sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Eugene'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 - Eugene highlighted among 13 peers.Read the chart values
Eugene, OR (this city): home $435,400, crime 3,574/100k
Elk Grove, CA : home $603,400, crime 1,422/100k
Santa Rosa, CA : home $685,000, crime 1,663/100k
Ontario, CA : home $568,000, crime 2,090/100k
Cary, NC : home $525,200, crime 1,388/100k
Aurora, IL : home $260,400, crime 1,518/100k
Rancho Cucamonga, CA : home $694,400, crime 2,105/100k
Salem, OR : home $382,400, crime 3,336/100k
Gresham, OR : home $440,000, crime 2,837/100k
Hillsboro, OR : home $483,400, crime 2,747/100k
Bend, OR : home $646,800, crime 1,531/100k
Beaverton, OR : home $543,100, crime 3,026/100k
Medford, OR : home $387,000, crime 4,324/100k
How does Eugene compare to other US cities?
Eugene measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income41% higher than other cities
Home value80% pricier than other cities
Median rent66% pricier than other cities
Safety10% 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 Oregon, Eugene ranks #78 of 85 Oregon 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 Eugene against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Oregon only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Oregon-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Eugene near the bottom of Oregon's cities
Among the 395 Oregon cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Eugene ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Eugene only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#224 of 364
38th percentile in Oregon
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Oregon
Median Home Value
#105 of 366
71st percentile in Oregon
Poverty Rate
#152 of 395
60th percentile in Oregon
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#59 of 395
85th percentile in Oregon
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 Oregon only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
41st percentile nationally for median household income · 10th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Eugene's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Eugene'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 Eugene's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$435,40020th percentilemore affordable than 20% 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
Eugene's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,595 of 15,516
More affordable than 6% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#639 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 6.8×, Eugene sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,595 of 15,516 and #639 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$63,836Eugene, OR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Eugene, OR median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Eugene, OR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)44.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)58.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
177,520
Median Income
$63,836
Median Home Value
$435,400
Median Age
35.4
Poverty Rate
7.8%
Labor force participation
58.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
44.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
3573.6
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
317.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
3255.7
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
53
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Eugene's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
178,542 residents
2021
180,220 residents
2022
182,215 residents
2023
178,794 residents
2024
178,772 residents
2025
178,618 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
1,002
housing units authorized
Single-Family
309
detached homes
Multifamily
693
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
5.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
640
312
328
$113.5M
2020
722
322
400
$137.3M
2021
1,398
305
1,093
$274.0M
2022
1,085
291
794
$123.5M
2023
593
171
422
$85.3M
2024
1,002
309
693
$139.6M
Permit volume increased 57% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
63.0%
Carpool
7.9%
Public Transit
2.7%
Walk
5.3%
Work from Home
15.3%
Other
5.8%
Based on 86,979 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Oregon statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $185
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Oregon at $185 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Oregon statewide averages, not a meter reading for Eugene. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Oregon's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Eugene is $1,425/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Oregon statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 63.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Oregon statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Eugene sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Eugene compares to similar-size Oregon 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.