City · Coos County, Oregon

Bandon, Oregon

Bandon is a city in Coos County, Oregon, part of the Coos Bay-North Bend, OR metro area. It has 3,330 residents. Bandon, Oregon has a quality-of-life score of 32 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,595 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oregon it ranks #171 of 227 cities and towns. It ranks best on comfortable days (high), hot days (low) and mental health providers (high). It ranks worst on home price to income ratio (high), firearm deaths (high) and suicide rate (high).

32Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,595 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oregon: #171 of 227 in OR
Population: 3,330 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,206.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4103800

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety9#14,253/15,637
Economy3#15,165/15,631
Housing6#14,015/14,977
Health26#11,530/15,609
Healthcare46#8,483/15,650
Environment84#2,518/15,453
Education39#9,527/15,649
Infrastructure57#6,680/15,650
Community65#5,420/15,651
Leisure & amenities75#3,908/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bandon, Oregon ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Coos County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Comfortable days · high37.1%
96/100Oregon 27.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCoos County value
Hot days · low2 days
94/100Oregon 16 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCoos County value
Mental health providers · high588 /100k
92/100Oregon 776 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCoos County value
Restaurants and bars · high13.0 /10k
91/100Oregon 12.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCoos County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low114 min
91/100Oregon 159 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCoos County value
Grocery stores · high2.5 /10k
88/100Oregon 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCoos County value

Weaknesses

Home price to income ratio · high10.4×
3/100Oregon 5.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Firearm deaths · high28.0 /100k
3/100Oregon 15.0 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCoos County value
Suicide rate · high28.0 /100k
5/100Oregon 20.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCoos County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.561
6/100Oregon 0.463United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Unemployment rate · high11.5%
6/100Oregon 5.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Depression · high28.9%
7/100Oregon 27.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
3,100 (2015-2019) → 3,330 (2020-2024)
+7.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.3% (2015-2019) → 91.3% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
57.1% (2015-2019) → 70.8% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
19.2% (2015-2019) → 31.6% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
6.8× (2015-2019) → 10.4× (2020-2024)
+54%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$32,226 (2015-2019) → $48,187 (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Bandon, Oregon improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Broadband+23 points68.3% → 91.3%
Bachelor's++12 points19.2% → 31.6%
Household income+50%$32,226 → $48,187

Declined1

Price / income+3.7×6.8× → 10.4×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Bandon, Oregon between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.3 min2015-2019	17.6 min2020-2024	+1.3 min	Within the margin of error	33%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	94%
Broadband subscriptions	68.3%2015-2019	91.3%2020-2024	+23 points	Improved	94%
Effective property tax rate	0.82%2015-2019	0.53%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	74%
High school diploma or higher	92.5%2015-2019	93.7%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Home price to income ratio	6.8×2015-2019	10.4×2020-2024	+3.7×	Declined	1%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4632015-2019	0.5612020-2024	+0.098	Within the margin of error	5%
Median household income	$32,2262015-2019	$48,1872020-2024	+50%	Improved	84%
Poverty rate	19.1%2015-2019	26.3%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	41.8%2015-2019	38.1%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Rent-burdened households	57.1%2015-2019	70.8%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	17%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Bandon, Oregon five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bandon, Oregon in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Bandon, Oregon itself moved +4.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,330 residents (±24)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,831 households (±199)

Bandon, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $25k35%†635
$25k–50k18%†332
$50k–75k17%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,831 households (±199)

Bandon, Oregon
Oregon share

Own63%1,158
Rent37%673

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+14.7 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,031 workers (±242)

Bandon, Oregon
Oregon share

Drive alone75%771
Carpool9.7%†100
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Coos Bay-North Bend, OR

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Coos County, the county holding most of Bandon's residents.

Coos County has 1,627 employer establishments, 252 for every 10,000 residents (1.01× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Oregon's), with 19,515 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,842. The Census Bureau also counts 3,985 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,627; 3,985 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 252; US 248 · Oregon 288
Paid employees: 19,515
Average annual pay: $46,842; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Coos County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	132	20.4	1.11×About typical	1,753	$22,207	22
Ambulatory health care services	125	19.4	0.93×About typical	1,550	$64,334	195
Specialty trade contractors	102	15.8	1.02×About typical	594	$65,414	218
Construction of buildings	97	15	1.99×More than typical	307	$43,974	176
Full-service restaurants	69	10.7	1.39×More than typical	753	$27,238	7
Lessors of real estate	60	9.3	0.75×Fewer than typical	223	$31,408	433
Religious organizations	55	8.5	1.54×More than typical	231	$19,013	—
Limited-service restaurants	41	6.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	753	$18,894	11
Grocery and convenience stores	39	6	2.03×More than typical	797	$30,768	8
Offices of physicians	37	5.7	0.88×About typical	703	$74,368	45
Automotive repair and maintenance	36	5.6	1.11×About typical	153	$42,059	58
Services to buildings and dwellings	36	5.6	0.83×About typical	131	$34,267	241

Rank places for an industry Open Coos County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 64,578 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $1,104 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Bandon, Oregon: $0.33 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1,104; −98% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.33; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$1,104100%

Top recipients

FOSSELMAN REFRIGERATION, HEATING & AIR, INC.$1,104100%
SUULUTAAQ, INC.$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

191.4FY2017
567FY2018
20.5KFY2019
645.2FY2020
7.6KFY2021
1.5KFY2022
637.4FY2024
70KFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Building equipment contractors · 2382$1,104100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Bandon, Oregon, so they do not add up across cities.

Bandon, Oregon's figures are part of those of Coos County, OR ($6.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Bandon is mostly in Coos County.

See federal money in Coos County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Bandon, Oregon is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Val T. HoyleD-OR-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Coos County49100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Coos Bay-North Bend, OR53

Other cities and towns in Coos County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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