City · Malheur County, Oregon

Nyssa, Oregon

Nyssa is a city in Malheur County, Oregon, part of the Ontario, OR-ID metro area. It has 3,240 residents. Nyssa, Oregon has a quality-of-life score of 10 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,113 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oregon it ranks #225 of 227 cities and towns. It ranks best on mental health providers (high), time spent in the emergency room (low) and preventable hospital stays (low). It ranks worst on distance to an Amtrak station (high), mental health care shortage (high) and voter turnout (low).

10Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,113 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oregon: #225 of 227 in OR
Population: 3,240 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 2,090.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4153750

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.

Safety12#13,756/15,637
Economy27#11,360/15,631
Housing59#6,122/14,977
Health17#12,894/15,609
Healthcare31#10,846/15,650
Environment12#13,673/15,453
Education9#14,258/15,649
Infrastructure27#11,436/15,650
Community11#13,911/15,651
Leisure & amenities44#8,744/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Nyssa, Oregon ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Malheur 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 · high631 /100k
94/100Oregon 776 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMalheur County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low112 min
91/100Oregon 159 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMalheur County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,842 /100k
89/100Oregon 1,868 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMalheur County value
Restaurants and bars · high11.8 /10k
87/100Oregon 12.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMalheur County value
Job growth · high1.6%
85/100Oregon -1.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMalheur County value
Public EV charging ports · high10.9 /10k
84/100Oregon 10.1 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyMalheur County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an Amtrak station · high185 mi
3/100Oregon 24 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMalheur County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Oregon 12.5United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMalheur County value
Voter turnout · low49.6%
4/100Oregon 70.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionMalheur County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Oregon 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMalheur County value
Poor or fair health · high31.0%
5/100Oregon 19.9%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult obesity · high44.6%
5/100Oregon 35.8%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.5% (2015-2019) → 87.0% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$41,750 (2015-2019) → $69,183 (2020-2024)
+66%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
High school diploma or higherImproving
67.6% (2015-2019) → 79.1% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Average commute timeWorsening
18.5 min (2015-2019) → 28.8 min (2020-2024)
+56%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent as share of incomeImproving
26.4% (2015-2019) → 17.5% (2020-2024)
−8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
39.1% (2015-2019) → 30.3% (2020-2024)
−8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Nyssa, Oregon improved on 2 of 12 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.

Improved2

Household income+66%$41,750 → $69,183
Broadband+15 points72.5% → 87.0%

Declined1

Commute+10.3 min18.5 min → 28.8 min

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Nyssa, Oregon between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.5 min2015-2019	28.8 min2020-2024	+10.3 min	Declined	2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%2015-2019	14.2%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Broadband subscriptions	72.5%2015-2019	87.0%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	78%
Child poverty rate	23.4%2015-2019	22.6%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Effective property tax rate	0.81%2015-2019	0.85%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	11%
High school diploma or higher	67.6%2015-2019	79.1%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	48%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3622015-2019	0.3722020-2024	+0.009	Within the margin of error	42%
Median household income	$41,7502015-2019	$69,1832020-2024	+66%	Improved	93%
Poverty rate	20.3%2015-2019	16.9%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Rent-burdened households	39.1%2015-2019	30.3%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.7%2015-2019	9.2%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	72%

“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 Nyssa, Oregon five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Nyssa, 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, Nyssa, Oregon itself moved −2 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

3,240 residents (±19)

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

961 households (±131)

Nyssa, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $25k21%†199
$25k–50k20%†195
$50k–75k13%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

961 households (±131)

Nyssa, Oregon
Oregon share

Own64%611
Rent36%†350

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,103 workers (±178)

Nyssa, Oregon
Oregon share

Drive alone79%866
Carpool9.4%†104
Public transit1.4%†15

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 Ontario, OR-ID

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 Malheur County, the county holding most of Nyssa's residents.

Malheur County has 718 employer establishments, 223 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248; 0.77× Oregon's), with 8,527 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,776. The Census Bureau also counts 1,529 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 718; 1,529 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 223; US 248 · Oregon 288
Paid employees: 8,527
Average annual pay: $41,776; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	73	22.6	1.23×About typical	1,045	$20,377	6
Ambulatory health care services	58	18	0.86×About typical	598	$54,263	47
Full-service restaurants	32	9.9	1.29×More than typical	371	$22,833	—
Specialty trade contractors	31	9.6	0.62×Fewer than typical	149	$66,302	97
Automotive repair and maintenance	25	7.7	1.54×More than typical	113	$34,894	30
Lessors of real estate	25	7.7	0.63×Fewer than typical	45	$43,600	172
Religious organizations	24	7.4	1.34×More than typical	87	$21,816	—
Limited-service restaurants	23	7.1	0.89×About typical	523	$19,096	—
Construction of buildings	19	5.9	0.78×Fewer than typical	69	$48,420	51
Truck transportation	18	5.6	1.10×About typical	93	$68,935	63
Offices of dentists	16	5	1.23×About typical	139	$42,547	—
Snack and non-alcoholic beverage bars	16	5	1.96×More than typical	141	$18,617	3

Rank places for an industry Open Malheur County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 32,269 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: Nyssa is mostly in Malheur County.

See federal money in Malheur 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.

Nyssa, 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.

Malheur County16100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Ontario, OR-ID20

Other cities and towns in Malheur 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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