Lincoln County, Oregon

Lincoln County has a population of 50,964 and has grown 0.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $410,800, about 6.5 times the county's median household income of $63,165.

Home price
$410,800
Income
$63,165
Population
50,964
Unemployment
8.0%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$410,800county
Median gross rent$1,201county
Median year homes here were built1981county
Share of homes built before 198048.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile14.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant29.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented28.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use22.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,979county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,480county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,128county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,043county
Home insurance / yr$1,572(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living111.8(statewide)
Median household income$63,165county
Family health premium / yr$24,688(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$19,064(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.656(statewide)
Poverty rate15.9%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home14.1%county
Unemployment rate8.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force48.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed11.7%county
Share of workers employed by government16.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.4%county
Economic output per resident$54,291county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.81%county
Top state income tax9.90%(statewide)
Capital gains tax9.90%(statewide)
Combined sales tax0.00%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time22.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service51 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport28119county
Miles to nearest general aviation field8.4 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here4county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station45 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.5%county
Traffic deaths68.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-2.7(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher28.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.2%county
Public schools in the county16county
Public school enrollment4775county
Students per full-time teacher17.4county
Free lunch eligible90.3%county
Elementary schools6county
Middle schools4county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution37 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians57county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter8.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.9%county
Frequent mental distress17.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.2%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population50,964county
Land area in square miles981county
People per square mile of land52.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores16county
Convenience stores12county
Share living far from a food store16.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract6.7%county
Population change since 2020+0.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-8county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age52.7 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1815.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over31.8%county
Share of households that are one person33.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States5.7%county
Second languages9.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls22.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents147county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents5county
Households that moved in1,809county
Households that moved away1,622county
Average income of arriving households$79,692county
Average income of departing households$74,077county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year209county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings44.5%county
Violent crime rate331(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature53.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation75.8 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.60 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F1 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing19 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days240 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 24county
Average first fall frostNov 19county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$124county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh13.0¢county
Household electricity use991 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$18.45(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity65.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas23.6%county
Homes heated by propane2.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.3%county
Homes heated by wood7.1%county
Households with broadband91.0%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk86.6county
Coastal flood risk71.8county
Drought risk12.7county
Landslide risk97.5county
Hail risk3.3county
Earthquake risk97.8county
Tornado risk11.2county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk38.1county
Winter weather risk10.4county
Strong wind risk14.8county
Wildfire risk50.8county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Lincoln County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Oregon figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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