City · Coos County, Oregon

Myrtle Point, Oregon

Myrtle Point is a city in Coos County, Oregon, part of the Coos Bay-North Bend, OR metro area. It has 2,684 residents. Myrtle Point, Oregon has a quality-of-life score of 27 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,365 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oregon it ranks #187 of 227 cities and towns. It ranks best on comfortable days (high), hot days (low) and mental health providers (high). It ranks worst on firearm deaths (high), depression (high) and frequent mental distress (high).

27Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,365 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oregon: #187 of 227 in OR
Population: 2,684 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,670.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 4151050

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
Economy5#14,922/15,631
Housing14#12,934/14,977
Health11#13,912/15,609
Healthcare50#7,814/15,650
Environment84#2,518/15,453
Education13#13,613/15,649
Infrastructure56#6,819/15,650
Community65#5,420/15,651
Leisure & amenities75#3,908/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Myrtle Point, 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

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
Depression · high30.3%
4/100Oregon 27.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high22.3%
4/100Oregon 19.6%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Bachelor's degree or higher · low8.3%
5/100Oregon 36.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
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
Unemployment rate · high11.8%
6/100Oregon 5.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,517 (2015-2019) → 2,684 (2020-2024)
+6.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.0% (2015-2019) → 90.1% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
41.4% (2015-2019) → 28.7% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
27.5% (2015-2019) → 20.2% (2020-2024)
−7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$34,866 (2015-2019) → $47,656 (2020-2024)
+37%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Home price to income ratioWorsening
4.1× (2015-2019) → 5.3× (2020-2024)
+29%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, Myrtle Point, Oregon improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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.

Improved2

Broadband+13 points77.0% → 90.1%
Household income+37%$34,866 → $47,656

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Myrtle Point, Oregon between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.0 min2015-2019	24.7 min2020-2024	−1.3 min	Within the margin of error	63%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%2015-2019	8.3%2020-2024	−5.4 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Broadband subscriptions	77.0%2015-2019	90.1%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	73%
Child poverty rate	41.4%2015-2019	28.7%2020-2024	−13 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Effective property tax rate	0.91%2015-2019	0.82%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
High school diploma or higher	86.8%2015-2019	87.5%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Home price to income ratio	4.1×2015-2019	5.3×2020-2024	+1.2×	Within the margin of error	16%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4612015-2019	0.4932020-2024	+0.031	Within the margin of error	26%
Median household income	$34,8662015-2019	$47,6562020-2024	+37%	Improved	68%
Poverty rate	27.5%2015-2019	20.2%2020-2024	−7.3 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Rent as share of income	33.6%2015-2019	36.8%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Rent-burdened households	59.3%2015-2019	62.3%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Unemployment rate	13.8%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.2%2015-2019	7.6%2020-2024	−4.6 points	Within the margin of error	85%

“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 Myrtle Point, Oregon five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Myrtle Point, 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, Myrtle Point, Oregon itself moved −2.4 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

2,684 residents (±390)

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

1,131 households (±166)

Myrtle Point, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $25k27%†309
$25k–50k27%†309
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,131 households (±166)

Myrtle Point, Oregon
Oregon share

Own68%772
Rent32%359

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

906 workers (±216)

Myrtle Point, Oregon
Oregon share

Drive alone70%631
Carpool17%†156
Public transit0.3%†3

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 Myrtle Point'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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Myrtle Point 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.

Myrtle Point, 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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