Census-designated place · Columbia County, Oregon

Warren, Oregon

Warren is a census-designated place in Columbia County, Oregon, part of the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area. It has 1,637 residents. Warren, Oregon has a quality-of-life score of 65 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,455 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oregon it ranks #65 of 227 cities and towns. It ranks best on poverty rate (low), median Air Quality Index (low) and voter turnout (high). It ranks worst on suicide rate (high), pharmacies (low) and math scores (low).

65High

Quality-of-life score: #5,455 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oregon: #65 of 227 in OR
Population: 1,637 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 259.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4178800

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.

Safety50#7,775/15,637
Economy79#3,297/15,631
Housing—
Health52#7,534/15,609
Healthcare34#10,317/15,650
Environment93#1,022/15,453
Education32#10,613/15,649
Infrastructure86#2,242/15,650
Community61#6,099/15,651
Leisure & amenities36#10,040/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Poverty rate · low1.2%
98/100Oregon 11.7%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Median Air Quality Index · low27
96/100Oregon 352025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyColumbia County value
Voter turnout · high75.6%
88/100Oregon 70.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionColumbia County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.325
87/100Oregon 0.463United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Property crime rate · low572 /100k
86/100Oregon 2,118 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationColumbia County value
Median household income · high$126,838
85/100Oregon $84,897United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high31.6 /100k
3/100Oregon 20.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataColumbia County value
Pharmacies · low0.7 /10k
7/100Oregon 0.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsColumbia County value
Math scores · low2.60
8/100Oregon 2.85United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColumbia County value
Depression · high28.2%
9/100Oregon 27.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Distance to an emergency room · high13.6 mi
9/100Oregon 6.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesColumbia County value
Primary care physicians · low28 /100k
11/100Oregon 95 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColumbia County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,943 (2015-2019) → 1,637 (2020-2024)
−16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$70,880 (2015-2019) → $126,838 (2020-2024)
+79%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
86.3% (2015-2019) → 97.6% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
25.7% (2015-2019) → 36.7% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Poverty rateImproving
11.0% (2015-2019) → 1.2% (2020-2024)
−9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Income inequality (Gini index)Improving
0.516 (2015-2019) → 0.325 (2020-2024)
−37%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

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, Warren, Oregon improved on 2 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 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

Inequality−0.1900.516 → 0.325
Household income+79%$70,880 → $126,838

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Warren, Oregon between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	32.9 min2015-2019	26.2 min2020-2024	−6.8 min	Within the margin of error	95%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%2015-2019	36.7%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Broadband subscriptions	86.3%2015-2019	97.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	65%
High school diploma or higher	97.4%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	−5.4 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Home price to income ratio	5.0×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	−0.9×	Within the margin of error	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5162015-2019	0.3252020-2024	−0.190	Improved	100%
Median household income	$70,8802015-2019	$126,8382020-2024	+79%	Improved	96%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“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 Warren, Oregon five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Warren, 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.

No place that looked like Warren, Oregon five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Warren, Oregon itself moved +21.4 points in standing on average over the same 7 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

1,637 residents (±451)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+12.1 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,637 residents (±451)

Warren, Oregon
Oregon share

White88%†1,434
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino11%†186

Education

1,472 residents (±355)

Warren, Oregon
Oregon share

No high school diploma8.0%†118
High school or GED18%†261
Some college27%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

820 households (±183)

Warren, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $25k4.5%†37
$25k–50k22%†183
$50k–75k5.4%†44
$75k–100k10%†83
$100k–150k18%†144
$150k–200k32%†259
$200k or more8.5%†70

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−17.9 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

820 households (±183)

Warren, Oregon
Oregon share

Own98%800
Rent2.4%†20

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

20 households (±33)

Warren, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0
$1,500–2,000

Home values

800 homes (±192)

Warren, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $150k2.1%†17
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k21%†166

Age of homes

820 homes (±183)

Warren, Oregon
Oregon share

2010 or later12%†98
2000–200911%†91
1980–199940%†332

Size of homes

820 homes (±183)

Warren, Oregon
Oregon share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms12%†96

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

592 workers (±238)

Warren, Oregon
Oregon share

Drive alone77%†453
Carpool15%†90
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.3%†49
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (+11.3 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

543 workers (±229)

Warren, Oregon
Oregon share

Under 15 min33%†181
15–29 min18%†98
30–44 min25%†134

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

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 Columbia County, the county holding most of Warren's residents.

Columbia County has 996 employer establishments, 185 for every 10,000 residents (0.74× the US rate of 248; 0.64× Oregon's), with 9,272 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,441. The Census Bureau also counts 3,099 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 996; 3,099 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 185; US 248 · Oregon 288
Paid employees: 9,272
Average annual pay: $48,441; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	84	15.6	1.01×About typical	529	$72,244	148
Restaurants and other eating places	77	14.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	1,092	$24,118	14
Ambulatory health care services	61	11.3	0.54×Fewer than typical	326	$55,684	108
Construction of buildings	53	9.8	1.30×More than typical	203	$65,759	107
Lessors of real estate	39	7.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	76	$39,632	296
Full-service restaurants	34	6.3	0.82×About typical	442	$25,183	3
Religious organizations	32	5.9	1.07×About typical	142	$19,570	—
Truck transportation	31	5.8	1.14×About typical	178	$71,803	67
Automotive repair and maintenance	28	5.2	1.03×About typical	146	$56,226	46
Building finishing contractors	27	5	1.32×More than typical	140	$53,336	37
Building equipment contractors	26	4.8	0.80×About typical	138	$74,341	19
Limited-service restaurants	26	4.8	0.60×Fewer than typical	498	$22,653	6

Rank places for an industry Open Columbia County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 53,845 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Warren, Oregon: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

1.3KFY2020

What was bought

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

Warren, Oregon's figures are part of those of Columbia County, OR ($972.9K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Columbia 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.

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

House

Suzanne BonamiciD-OR-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 1.2%

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.

Columbia County57100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA80

Other cities and towns in Columbia 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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