City · Lane County, Oregon

Florence, Oregon

Florence is a city in Lane County, Oregon, part of the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area. It has 9,482 residents. Florence, Oregon has a quality-of-life score of 36 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,070 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oregon it ranks #162 of 227 cities and towns. It ranks best on mental health providers (high), preventable hospital stays (low) and average commute time (low). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), depression (high) and dental care shortage (high).

36Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,070 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oregon: #162 of 227 in OR
Population: 9,482 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 1,708.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 4126050

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety28#11,229/15,637
Economy29#11,164/15,631
Housing22#11,661/14,977
Health34#10,340/15,609
Healthcare54#7,205/15,650
Environment9#14,125/15,453
Education42#9,071/15,649
Infrastructure86#2,200/15,650
Community53#7,352/15,651
Leisure & amenities73#4,290/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Florence, Oregon ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Lane 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

Mental health providers · high1,241 /100k
100/100Oregon 776 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLane County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,638 /100k
94/100Oregon 1,868 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLane County value
Average commute time · low15.0 min
93/100Oregon 23.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Hospital quality rating · high4.3
91/100Oregon 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLane County value
Child poverty rate · low4.7%
87/100Oregon 13.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Hot days · low6 days
84/100Oregon 16 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLane County value

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high43.9%
3/100Oregon 33.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLane County value
Depression · high29.5%
5/100Oregon 27.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Oregon 9.4United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationLane County value
Home price to income ratio · high6.7×
7/100Oregon 5.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
10/100Oregon 8.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLane County value
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Oregon 12.5United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationLane County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
8,921 (2015-2019) → 9,482 (2020-2024)
+6.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
30.6% (2015-2019) → 4.7% (2020-2024)
−26 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.0% (2015-2019) → 91.4% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
3.4 /1k (2021) → 1.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−45%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
59.9% (2015-2019) → 53.1% (2020-2024)
−6.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
5.3× (2015-2019) → 6.7× (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Florence, Oregon improved on 4 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 6 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved4

Inequality−0.0620.463 → 0.401
Poverty−5.3 points15.6% → 10.3%
Broadband+9.4 points82.0% → 91.4%
Household income+26%$42,356 → $53,333

Declined1

Price / income+1.4×5.3× → 6.7×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Florence, Oregon between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	12.6 min2015-2019	15.0 min2020-2024	+2.4 min	Within the margin of error	24%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%2015-2019	25.0%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Broadband subscriptions	82.0%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+9.4 points	Improved	57%
Effective property tax rate	0.96%2015-2019	0.74%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	63%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	90.1%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Home price to income ratio	5.3×2015-2019	6.7×2020-2024	+1.4×	Declined	10%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4632015-2019	0.4012020-2024	−0.062	Improved	88%
Median household income	$42,3562015-2019	$53,3332020-2024	+26%	Improved	46%
Poverty rate	15.6%2015-2019	10.3%2020-2024	−5.3 points	Improved	81%
Rent as share of income	34.6%2015-2019	31.2%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Rent-burdened households	59.9%2015-2019	53.1%2020-2024	−6.9 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.6%2015-2019	11.2%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	16%

“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 Florence, Oregon five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Florence, 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, Florence, Oregon itself moved +8.6 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

9,482 residents (±29)

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

4,614 households (±230)

Florence, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $25k16%751
$25k–50k31%1,422
$50k–75k18%†810

Homes

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

Owners and renters

4,614 households (±230)

Florence, Oregon
Oregon share

Own64%2,953
Rent36%1,661

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,703 workers (±341)

Florence, Oregon
Oregon share

Drive alone76%2,042
Carpool5.8%†157
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 Eugene-Springfield, 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 Lane County, the county holding most of Florence's residents.

Lane County has 10,151 employer establishments, 266 for every 10,000 residents (1.07× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Oregon's), with 129,060 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,045. The Census Bureau also counts 27,736 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 10,151; 27,736 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 266; US 248 · Oregon 288
Paid employees: 129,060
Average annual pay: $53,045; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	884	23.1	1.11×About typical	10,813	$73,945	1,586
Restaurants and other eating places	791	20.7	1.13×About typical	12,504	$24,361	95
Specialty trade contractors	648	17	1.10×About typical	5,284	$72,725	1,169
Lessors of real estate	630	16.5	1.34×More than typical	2,002	$47,310	2,952
Construction of buildings	452	11.8	1.56×More than typical	2,009	$58,545	813
Full-service restaurants	328	8.6	1.12×About typical	5,077	$27,225	28
Services to buildings and dwellings	314	8.2	1.22×About typical	2,002	$32,667	1,372
Offices of other health practitioners	312	8.2	1.34×More than typical	1,559	$53,462	985
Limited-service restaurants	310	8.1	1.01×About typical	5,586	$22,684	54
Real estate agents and brokers	277	7.2	1.49×More than typical	488	$49,232	719
Offices of physicians	235	6.2	0.95×About typical	4,306	$98,959	235
Automotive repair and maintenance	231	6	1.20×About typical	1,395	$48,584	229

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 382,091 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 $40.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Florence, Oregon: $4.23 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $40.1K; +108% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4.23; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.2%; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

23KFY2017
42KFY2018
103.2KFY2019
23.2KFY2020
77.8KFY2021
78.7KFY2022
28.6KFY2023
256.7KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$21.2K53%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$11.6K29%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$3,2168.0%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381$3,1988.0%
Industrial machinery manufacturing · 3332$7401.8%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing · 5324

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 Florence, Oregon, so they do not add up across cities.

Florence, Oregon's figures are part of those of Lane County, OR ($55M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Lane 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.

Florence, 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.

Lane County56100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Eugene-Springfield, OR62

Other cities and towns in Lane 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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