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SheetOR-PHILOMATH-OR · Philomath, OR 5,537 pop · income 65th 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 Philomath
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Philomath on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Pahokee · lowest
50,464
Pahokee · lowest
50,464 median HH income
44.1% of the leader · rank #1
Braidwood · near
83,365
Braidwood · near
83,365 median HH income
72.8% of the leader · rank #2
Lakeland · near
83,371
Lakeland · near
83,371 median HH income
72.8% of the leader · rank #3
Philomath · this city
83,373
Philomath · this city
83,373 median HH income
72.8% of the leader · rank #4
Corder · near
83,375
Corder · near
83,375 median HH income
72.8% of the leader · rank #5
Holland · near
83,382
Holland · near
83,382 median HH income
72.8% of the leader · rank #6
Dulles Town C… · highest
114,503
Dulles Town C… · highest
114,503 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 Philomath 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: 5,537.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Philomath - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Philomath places in the 65th percentile for household income and the 69th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
65th
percentile, household income
75th
percentile, home value
66th
percentile, median rent
69th
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: Philomath, OR
Oregon's Philomath is a small town, with 5,537 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Philomath report a median income of $83,373 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.2%. Home values in Philomath run a median of $375,600, and the median resident age is 35.5 years. About 47.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 71.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 10 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Slowing), down 17% from five years earlier. Philomath reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 889.5 in FBI UCR data, below 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. Monthly utility costs average around $185 across Oregon, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Philomath workers runs 23.5 minutes, with 67.3% driving alone and 11.9% working from home. 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 Philomath'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 schools and households to population change to comparison shortlist to reported crime to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Philomath, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits.
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.
Question 1
What does the education layer cover for Philomath?
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 47.3% 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.
Is Philomath growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +357 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +6.7% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 10 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Philomath?
Within Oregon, the closest population matches are Creswell (5,625 residents, $95,865 income); Winston (5,663 residents, $53,125 income); Marlene (5,391 residents, $87,335 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Margaret, AL (5,538 residents); Pahokee, FL (5,539 residents); DeWitt, IA (5,535 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.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Philomath?
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 889.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 61% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
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.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Philomath?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.2%, 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. 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.
Household income
$83,373
Home value
$375,600
Value / income
4.5×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the journey to work look like in Philomath?
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 67.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 23.5 minutes.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
11.9%
Drive alone
67.3%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 3,340 workers age 16+.
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 A-
47.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B+
3.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime B
86 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income C+
$83,373
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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.
Philomath profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 81/100 (A-) · 47.3%
Poverty rate: 77/100 (B+) · 3.2%
Violent crime: 74/100 (B) · 86 /100k
Household income: 63/100 (C+) · $83,373
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Where Philomath sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Philomath'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 - Philomath highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Philomath, OR (this city): home $375,600, crime 890/100k
Margaret, AL : home $224,700, crime 105/100k
Pahokee, FL : home $137,500, crime 3,377/100k
DeWitt, IA : home $223,100, crime 1,248/100k
Somerdale, NJ : home $221,600, crime 5,533/100k
Greenville, PA : home $98,200, crime 1,317/100k
Winston, OR : home $219,200, crime 1,985/100k
Tillamook, OR : home $272,300, crime 2,718/100k
How does Philomath compare to other US cities?
Philomath measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income65% higher than other cities
Home value75% pricier than other cities
Median rent66% pricier than other cities
Safety69% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Oregon and the picture shifts: Philomath ranks #12 of 85 Oregon cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Philomath 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 Philomath near the bottom of Oregon's cities
Among the 395 Oregon cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Philomath ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Philomath only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#120 of 364
67th percentile in Oregon
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Oregon
Median Home Value
#158 of 366
57th percentile in Oregon
Poverty Rate
#274 of 395
30th percentile in Oregon
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#49 of 395
88th 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
65th percentile nationally for median household income · 69th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Philomath's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Philomath'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 Philomath's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$375,60025th percentilemore affordable than 25% 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
Philomath's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,983 of 15,516
More affordable than 23% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,185 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.5×, Philomath sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,983 of 15,516 and #9,185 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$83,373Philomath, OR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Philomath, 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 Philomath, OR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)47.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)71.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,537
Median Income
$83,373
Median Home Value
$375,600
Median Age
35.5
Poverty Rate
3.2%
Labor force participation
71.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
47.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
889.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
85.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
804.0
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
Philomath's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
5,342 residents
2021
5,602 residents
2022
5,718 residents
2023
5,730 residents
2024
5,708 residents
2025
5,699 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
10
housing units authorized
Single-Family
10
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.8
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
12
12
0
$2.3M
2020
106
103
3
$27.4M
2021
34
31
3
$9.0M
2022
12
10
2
$3.4M
2023
25
23
2
$7.9M
2024
10
10
0
$2.8M
Permit volume decreased 17% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
23.5 minutes
Drive Alone
67.3%
Carpool
9.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.9%
Work from Home
11.9%
Other
8.5%
Based on 3,340 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 Philomath. 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 Philomath 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 Philomath sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Philomath 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.