City · Douglas County, Oregon

Reedsport, Oregon

Reedsport is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, part of the Roseburg, OR metro area. It has 4,317 residents. Reedsport, Oregon has a quality-of-life score of 19 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,634 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oregon it ranks #211 of 227 cities and towns. It ranks best on preventable hospital stays (low), average commute time (low) and unemployment rate (low). It ranks worst on depression (high), flu vaccinations (low) and suicide rate (high).

19Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,634 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oregon: #211 of 227 in OR
Population: 4,317 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 2,085.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4161300

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.

Safety16#13,064/15,637
Economy42#9,097/15,631
Housing33#9,995/14,977
Health15#13,344/15,609
Healthcare42#9,078/15,650
Environment31#10,727/15,453
Education12#13,717/15,649
Infrastructure56#6,818/15,650
Community24#11,881/15,651
Leisure & amenities52#7,583/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Preventable hospital stays · low1,444 /100k
97/100Oregon 1,868 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDouglas County value
Average commute time · low15.0 min
94/100Oregon 23.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Unemployment rate · low0.9%
93/100Oregon 5.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Public EV charging ports · high14.7 /10k
90/100Oregon 10.1 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyDouglas County value
Public transit commuters · high2.5%
86/100Oregon 2.2%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Mental health providers · high457 /100k
81/100Oregon 776 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDouglas County value

Weaknesses

Depression · high29.9%
4/100Oregon 27.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Flu vaccinations · low27.0%
4/100Oregon 39.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDouglas County value
Suicide rate · high26.7 /100k
7/100Oregon 20.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataDouglas County value
Traffic deaths · high29.8 /100k
7/100Oregon 13.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataDouglas County value
Math scores · low2.60
9/100Oregon 2.85United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDouglas County value
Natural hazard risk · high89.6
10/100Oregon 60.82025Federal Emergency Management AgencyDouglas County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
4,082 (2015-2019) → 4,317 (2020-2024)
+5.8%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
41.2% (2015-2019) → 5.9% (2020-2024)
−35 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
1.2 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Poverty rateImproving
21.8% (2015-2019) → 9.3% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$37,072 (2015-2019) → $53,571 (2020-2024)
+45%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
High school diploma or higherImproving
85.1% (2015-2019) → 91.7% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Reedsport, Oregon improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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.

Improved3

Poverty−13 points21.8% → 9.3%
Property tax−0.4 points1.28% → 0.83%
Household income+45%$37,072 → $53,571

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Reedsport, Oregon between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.4 min2015-2019	15.0 min2020-2024	−6.3 min	Within the margin of error	94%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%2015-2019	13.6%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Broadband subscriptions	80.2%2015-2019	83.8%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Effective property tax rate	1.28%2015-2019	0.83%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Improved	87%
High school diploma or higher	85.1%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	4.5×2020-2024	+0.9×	Within the margin of error	27%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4102015-2019	0.4622020-2024	+0.052	Within the margin of error	16%
Median household income	$37,0722015-2019	$53,5712020-2024	+45%	Improved	79%
Poverty rate	21.8%2015-2019	9.3%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	96%
Rent as share of income	28.4%2015-2019	24.4%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Rent-burdened households	45.9%2015-2019	41.0%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.6%2015-2019	12.1%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	73%

“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 Reedsport, Oregon five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Reedsport, 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, Reedsport, Oregon itself moved +5.5 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

4,317 residents (±16)

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

2,092 households (±159)

Reedsport, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $25k24%†507
$25k–50k21%442
$50k–75k18%†385

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,092 households (±159)

Reedsport, Oregon
Oregon share

Own72%1,503
Rent28%589

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+12.1 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

1,433 workers (±277)

Reedsport, Oregon
Oregon share

Drive alone79%1,129
Carpool6.9%†99
Public transit2.5%†36

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 Roseburg, 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 Douglas County, the county holding most of Reedsport's residents.

Douglas County has 2,659 employer establishments, 236 for every 10,000 residents (0.95× the US rate of 248; 0.82× Oregon's), with 32,867 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,607. The Census Bureau also counts 6,502 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,659; 6,502 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 236; US 248 · Oregon 288
Paid employees: 32,867
Average annual pay: $53,607; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	211	18.8	1.21×About typical	1,249	$60,088	341
Restaurants and other eating places	207	18.4	1.00×About typical	2,997	$20,981	37
Ambulatory health care services	200	17.8	0.85×About typical	2,755	$81,103	308
Construction of buildings	128	11.4	1.51×More than typical	393	$44,621	305
Lessors of real estate	114	10.1	0.82×About typical	218	$41,459	618
Full-service restaurants	91	8.1	1.05×About typical	1,047	$24,291	16
Limited-service restaurants	84	7.5	0.93×About typical	1,540	$19,895	14
Religious organizations	82	7.3	1.31×More than typical	328	$18,622	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	82	7.3	1.08×About typical	366	$41,230	360
Truck transportation	78	6.9	1.37×More than typical	689	$57,740	153
Grocery and convenience stores	71	6.3	2.13×More than typical	942	$31,389	17
Automotive repair and maintenance	70	6.2	1.24×About typical	308	$41,545	122

Rank places for an industry Open Douglas County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 112,442 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: Reedsport is mostly in Douglas County.

See federal money in Douglas 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.

Reedsport, Oregon is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

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

Douglas County31100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Roseburg, OR30

Other cities and towns in Douglas 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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