Roseburg, OR

Micro Area Profile

112,072 residents. Jobs, income, development, climate and physical risk across the Roseburg, OR micropolitan area.

40out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 5% of 834 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 9 sources
Opportunity745th of 835 metro and micro areas measured27
Schools511th of 695 metro and micro areas measured31
Growth605th of 834 metro and micro areas measured37
Housing affordability721st of 835 metro and micro areas measured57
ClimateTop 10% of 835 metro and micro areas measured78
Physical resilience775th of 835 metro and micro areas measured17
Access623rd of 835 metro and micro areas measured64
Economic stability559th of 835 metro and micro areas measured35
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable metro and micro areas measured: unemployment is 6.3% and the Opportunity signal places Roseburg in the bottom 11%.

In the public schools here, 33% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 15.8 students for every teacher.

172 housing units were authorized over the past twelve months, within 9% of the prior year — steady rather than turning.

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At a glance

Population
112,072
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$61,310
Bottom 31% nationally
Density
22/sq mi
5,035.7 sq mi of land
Median age
46.5
2024 ACS 5-Year
Area type
Micropolitan area
Oregon
Nearest major airport
EUG
58 mi · Mahlon Sweet Fld
Median home value
$310,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 6.3% — higher than in all but 5% of the 835 measured US metro and micro areas.

Employment fell 0.6% over the past year, to 43,883 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$1,7472024 ACS 5-Year$61,310Bottom 31%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,2032024 ACS 5-Year$34,947Bottom 46%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year16.1%Bottom 25%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±0.8 min2024 ACS 5-Year22.2 minTop 30%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year19.3%Bottom 21%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year71.4%17th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentJuly 202643,883Top 47%of 835July 2026
Employment change (3 years)July 2026−1.0%Bottom 39%of 835July 2026
Employment change (year over year)July 2026−0.6%Top 48%of 835July 2026
Labor forceJuly 202646,83253rd percentileof 835July 2026
Labor force participation ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year68.0%Bottom 10%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Public transit to work ±0.2%2024 ACS 5-Year0.3%47th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)July 2026−0.3%Top 43%of 835July 2026
Unemployment rateJuly 20266.3%Bottom 5%of 835July 2026
Worked from home ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year12.3%77th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year

Unemployment rate

2021/072022/072023/072024/072025/072026/077.14.0
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 6.3% in July 2026. It has been rising for the last 2 months, over a series running from 2020-01 to 2026-07. A break in the line is a month the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish for this area — it is left empty rather than estimated.

33% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 55% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 15.8 students for every full-time teacher across 43 public schools, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
45
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
15.8
across 43 of them
Math proficiency
32.6%
Bottom 12% in Oregon
Reading proficiency
54.5%
Top 47% in Oregon
The 12 largest of 45 public schools, by enrollment.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Roseburg High SchoolDouglas County SD 41,58720.137%71%
John C Fremont Middle SchoolDouglas County SD 465317.241%51%
Joseph Lane Middle SchoolDouglas County SD 458116.138%52%
Reedsport Community Charter School · charterReedsport SD 10555017.227%52%
South Umpqua High SchoolSouth Umpqua SD 1944218.422%72%
Glide Elementary SchoolGlide SD 1239815.947%58%
Hucrest Elementary SchoolDouglas County SD 439417.151%60%
Eastwood Elementary SchoolDouglas County SD 439316.433%48%
Sutherlin High SchoolSutherlin SD 13037116.947%77%
Douglas High SchoolWinston-Dillard SD 11635716.212%62%
Winchester ElementaryDouglas County SD 433013.827%42%
Fullerton IV Elementary SchoolDouglas County SD 431916.837%57%

79.5% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Oregon’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $1,895 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.61% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,271, some 20% above the $1,055 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,271 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $50,800 a year, about 83% of the median household income here of $61,310.

The typical renter household here spends 31% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,055 a month.

A median home at $310,300 costs 4.3 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $72,648, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.

Rent as a share of income
30.6%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
4.3×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$1,271
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$1,055
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$310,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against Roseburg’s median household income of $61,310, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income ±0.22024 ACS 5-Year4.3Bottom 12%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year72.7%69th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±612024 ACS 5-Year50,56260th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$969Bottom 39%of 818FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$1,768Bottom 25%of 818FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$1,271Bottom 31%of 818FY2026
Median gross rent ±$452024 ACS 5-Year$1,055Bottom 37%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$9,8952024 ACS 5-Year$310,30078th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$392024 ACS 5-Year$1,89547th percentileof 9332024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$2,6212024 ACS 5-Year$72,648Bottom 27%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.02%2024 ACS 5-Year0.61%27th percentileof 9322024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year30.6%Bottom 28%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±1992024 ACS 5-Year71442nd percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year1.4%39th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year4.6%13th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±4322024 ACS 5-Year3,04334th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures.

Development Momentum

37/ 100
Ranks 605 of 834 published metro profiles
The most recent move in permitting was broadly flat, in a series running from 2024 to 2025.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has grown 1% since 2020, reaching 112,255 in 2024.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 172 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes.

At 1.5 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US metro and micro areas.

Units permitted
172
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
1.5
Bottom 29% nationally
Year over year
−9%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

Population, annual estimates

20202021202220232024112k111k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population. It has been holding roughly steady, over a series running from 2020 to 2024.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 86°F and January a low of 37°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 32.1 inches.

30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station ROSEBURG RGNL AP, 10.6 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND6.0"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals32.1"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals37°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals86°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals61991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals29°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

17 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, earthquake and wildfire, with inland flooding alone responsible for 60% of it.

WildfireHigh
EarthquakeElevated
Inland floodingHigh
Heat waveModerate
Volcanic activityModerate

Low or minimal exposure: landslide, winter weather, avalanche, ice storm, coastal flooding, lightning, tsunami, strong wind, hail, drought, tornado, cold wave, hurricane.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. This value is the population-weighted mean of all component counties; expected annual loss is their sum. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. City profiles inside this area carry their own figure where their department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Cost of living
Price parities are published for metropolitan areas, and this place lies outside one.
Death-certificate rates
The CDC publishes these rates by county, so a metropolitan area carries none of its own. The county profiles inside it do.
Air quality
The EPA publishes an air-quality index by county, and only where a monitor sits, so a metropolitan area carries none of its own. The county profiles inside it show it where one exists.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. Cost of living is published where the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures it, though not for this place. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Mahlon Sweet Fld at 58 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year88.8%Top 47%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle58 miBottom 29%of 835NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle2Bottom 16%of 835NASR current cycle
No internet access ±1.0%2024 ACS 5-Year9.0%Bottom 44%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Mahlon Sweet FldEUG58 mi8,009 ft
Rogue Valley Intl/MedfordMFR65 mi8,800 ft
Portland IntlPDX161 mi11,000 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

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