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SheetOR-LACOMB-OR · Lacomb, OR 816 pop · income 55th 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 Lacomb
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lacomb on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Blairsville · lowest
24,167
Blairsville · lowest
24,167 median HH income
14.5% of the leader · rank #1
McNeal · near
74,286
McNeal · near
74,286 median HH income
44.6% of the leader · rank #2
Lacomb · this city
74,296
Lacomb · this city
74,296 median HH income
44.7% of the leader · rank #3
Meriden · near
74,297
Meriden · near
74,297 median HH income
44.7% of the leader · rank #4
Pass Christian · near
74,302
Pass Christian · near
74,302 median HH income
44.7% of the leader · rank #5
Grass Lake · near
74,306
Grass Lake · near
74,306 median HH income
44.7% of the leader · rank #6
Running Y Ran… · highest
166,375
Running Y Ran… · highest
166,375 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Lacomb on ACS population and median household income
. 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: 816.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Lacomb lands in the 55th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
55th
percentile, household income
66th
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Lacomb, OR
816 people live in Lacomb, Oregon - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Lacomb report a median income of $74,296 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 8.5%. The median resident age is 62.2 years. About 2.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 63.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 51.4°F with 57.2 inches of precipitation per year and 1.7 inches of snowfall.
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). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,425 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Oregon's average monthly utility costs around $185 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 63.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Lacomb'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 climate and hazard context; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Lacomb, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Lacomb?
Within Oregon, the closest population matches are Netarts (805 residents, $82,333 income); Dufur (841 residents, $86,250 income); Running Y Ranch (841 residents, $166,375 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Holly Pond, AL (816 residents); Klamath, CA (816 residents); Blairsville, GA (816 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Lacomb?
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 70.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 51.4°F, with 57.2 inches of precipitation and 1.7 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Oregon is 63.4 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Above median income · poverty 8.5% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Oregon average
F
City profile score · Lacomb, OR
35/100
4 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.
Household income C-
$74,296
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
8.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better 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.
Bachelor's+ share F
2.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Lacomb profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 54/100 (C-) · $74,296
Poverty rate: 46/100 (D) · 8.5%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 2.3%
How does Lacomb compare to other US cities?
Where Lacomb sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income55% higher than other cities
Median rent66% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Lacomb 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 Lacomb near the bottom of Oregon's cities
Among the 395 Oregon cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lacomb ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lacomb only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#164 of 364
55th percentile in Oregon
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Oregon
Poverty Rate
#139 of 395
64th percentile in Oregon
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#388 of 395
2nd 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
55th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$74,296Lacomb, OR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lacomb, 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 Lacomb, OR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)2.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
816
Median Income
$74,296
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
62.2
Poverty Rate
8.5%
Labor force participation
63.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
2.3%
Climate
Avg Temperature
51.4°F
Annual Precipitation
57.2"
Annual Snowfall
1.7"
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
70.0%
Carpool
12.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
5.5%
Work from Home
11.9%
Based on 494 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 Lacomb. 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 Lacomb 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 Lacomb sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lacomb 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, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.