Town · Lake County, Oregon

Lakeview, Oregon

Lakeview is a town in Lake County, Oregon. It has 3,270 residents. Lakeview, Oregon has a quality-of-life score of 26 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,508 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oregon it ranks #190 of 227 cities and towns. It ranks best on average commute time (low), public libraries (high) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on flu vaccinations (low), distance to an emergency room (high) and traffic deaths (high).

26Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,508 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oregon: #190 of 227 in OR
Population: 3,270 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,307.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 4140700

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 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.

Safety4#14,949/15,637
Economy55#7,077/15,631
Housing20#12,053/14,977
Health31#10,726/15,609
Healthcare27#11,406/15,650
Environment79#3,268/15,453
Education23#12,054/15,649
Infrastructure14#13,526/15,650
Community37#9,868/15,651
Leisure & amenities89#1,673/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Average commute time · low7.3 min
100/100Oregon 23.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Public libraries · high4.9 /10k
99/100Oregon 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesLake County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Oregon 19.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataLake County value
Grocery stores · high3.7 /10k
97/100Oregon 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLake County value
Restaurants and bars · high17.1 /10k
97/100Oregon 12.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLake County value
Median Air Quality Index · low26
96/100Oregon 352025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLake County value

Weaknesses

Flu vaccinations · low11.0%
0/100Oregon 39.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLake County value
Distance to an emergency room · high23.7 mi
2/100Oregon 6.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLake County value
Traffic deaths · high46.0 /100k
2/100Oregon 13.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataLake County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Oregon 12.5United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationLake County value
Food environment index · low6.0
4/100Oregon 8.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLake County value
Broadband subscriptions · low78.1%
5/100Oregon 92.4%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,638 (2015-2019) → 3,270 (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
24.6% (2015-2019) → 8.1% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
53.1% (2015-2019) → 68.8% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
31.1% (2015-2019) → 42.5% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$46,296 (2015-2019) → $70,900 (2020-2024)
+53%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateImproving
11.5% (2015-2019) → 1.0% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

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, Lakeview, Oregon improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 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.

Improved1

Household income+53%$46,296 → $70,900

Declined1

Rent / income+11 points31.1% → 42.5%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Lakeview, Oregon between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	6.7 min2015-2019	7.3 min2020-2024	+0.6 min	Within the margin of error	41%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%2015-2019	20.2%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Broadband subscriptions	72.8%2015-2019	78.1%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Effective property tax rate	1.11%2015-2019	0.96%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	47%
High school diploma or higher	88.3%2015-2019	89.1%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	59%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4502015-2019	0.4072020-2024	−0.043	Within the margin of error	81%
Median household income	$46,2962015-2019	$70,9002020-2024	+53%	Improved	87%
Poverty rate	18.9%2015-2019	12.4%2020-2024	−6.5 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Rent as share of income	31.1%2015-2019	42.5%2020-2024	+11 points	Declined	8%
Rent-burdened households	53.1%2015-2019	68.8%2020-2024	+16 points	Within the margin of error	13%

“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 Lakeview, Oregon five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lakeview, 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, Lakeview, Oregon itself moved −3 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

3,270 residents (±459)

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

1,454 households (±193)

Lakeview, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $25k24%†343
$25k–50k18%†262
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,454 households (±193)

Lakeview, Oregon
Oregon share

Own62%908
Rent38%546

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

1,589 workers (±268)

Lakeview, Oregon
Oregon share

Drive alone73%1,166
Carpool6.9%†110
Public transit0.0%0

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 Lake County, the county holding most of Lakeview's residents.

Lake County has 187 employer establishments, 225 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Oregon's), with 1,399 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,857. The Census Bureau also counts 505 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 187; 505 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 225; US 248 · Oregon 288
Paid employees: 1,399
Average annual pay: $45,857; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	19	22.9	1.25×About typical	105	$19,476	9
Specialty trade contractors	12	14.5	0.93×About typical	44	$58,114	33
Traveler accommodation	10	12	6.67×More than typical	45	$23,533	3
Construction of buildings	9	10.8	1.43×Too few to compare	24	$41,792	16
Full-service restaurants	9	10.8	1.41×Too few to compare	58	$18,190	—
Ambulatory health care services	7	8.4	0.40×Too few to compare	60	$34,367	14
Gasoline stations	7	8.4	2.60×Too few to compare	66	$24,985	—
Limited-service restaurants	7	8.4	1.05×Too few to compare	30	$24,933	4
Religious organizations	7	8.4	1.52×Too few to compare	18	$20,889	—
Banks and credit unions	5	6	1.86×Too few to compare	22	$50,045	—
Building equipment contractors	5	6	1.00×Too few to compare	13	$50,846	5
Individual and family services	5	6	2.15×Too few to compare	33	$35,152	—

Rank places for an industry Open Lake County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,302 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Lake 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.

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

House

Cliff BentzR-OR-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 0.1%

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.

Lake County35100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Lake 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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