Census-designated place · Jackson County, Oregon

White City, Oregon

White City is a census-designated place in Jackson County, Oregon, part of the Medford, OR metro area. It has 10,750 residents. White City, Oregon has a quality-of-life score of 36 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,033 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oregon it ranks #161 of 227 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an airport (low), mental health providers (high) and preventable hospital stays (low). It ranks worst on frequent mental distress (high), bachelor's degree or higher (low) and high school diploma or higher (low).

36Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,033 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oregon: #161 of 227 in OR
Population: 10,750 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 5,763.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4181450

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety22#12,177/15,637
Economy50#7,874/15,631
Housing27#10,923/14,977
Health17#12,889/15,609
Healthcare58#6,542/15,650
Environment21#12,260/15,453
Education2#15,355/15,649
Infrastructure97#529/15,650
Community62#6,005/15,651
Leisure & amenities75#3,880/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Distance to an airport · low7 mi
99/100Oregon 26 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauJackson County value
Mental health providers · high781 /100k
98/100Oregon 776 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJackson County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,833 /100k
89/100Oregon 1,868 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJackson County value
Restaurants and bars · high11.7 /10k
87/100Oregon 12.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJackson County value
Average commute time · low19.8 min
84/100Oregon 23.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Public EV charging ports · high10.2 /10k
82/100Oregon 10.1 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyJackson County value

Weaknesses

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 · low10.6%
7/100Oregon 36.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
High school diploma or higher · low81.0%
8/100Oregon 91.8%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Depression · high28.0%
10/100Oregon 27.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Students per teacher · high18.8×
11/100Oregon 17.8×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsJackson County value
Poor or fair health · high27.2%
11/100Oregon 19.9%United States 19.9%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.

PopulationRising
9,890 (2015-2019) → 10,750 (2020-2024)
+8.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
40.2% (2015-2019) → 15.7% (2020-2024)
−24 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
28.0% (2015-2019) → 14.3% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$44,724 (2015-2019) → $71,175 (2020-2024)
+59%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.3% (2015-2019) → 94.2% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
33.7% (2015-2019) → 44.1% (2020-2024)
+10 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, White City, Oregon improved on 4 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved4

Child poverty−24 points40.2% → 15.7%
Poverty−14 points28.0% → 14.3%
Household income+59%$44,724 → $71,175
Broadband+11 points83.3% → 94.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of White City, Oregon between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.6 min2015-2019	19.8 min2020-2024	−0.8 min	Within the margin of error	58%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Broadband subscriptions	83.3%2015-2019	94.2%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	63%
Child poverty rate	40.2%2015-2019	15.7%2020-2024	−24 points	Improved	96%
Effective property tax rate	0.99%2015-2019	0.72%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	70%
High school diploma or higher	76.7%2015-2019	81.0%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	4.2×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	38%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3762015-2019	0.4032020-2024	+0.027	Within the margin of error	29%
Median household income	$44,7242015-2019	$71,1752020-2024	+59%	Improved	90%
Poverty rate	28.0%2015-2019	14.3%2020-2024	−14 points	Improved	97%
Rent-burdened households	33.7%2015-2019	44.1%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.0%2015-2019	5.0%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	59%

“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 White City, Oregon five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of White City, 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, White City, Oregon itself moved +2.1 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

10,750 residents (±1,355)

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

3,338 households (±479)

White City, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $25k16%†534
$25k–50k17%†573
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

3,338 households (±479)

White City, Oregon
Oregon share

Own84%2,797
Rent16%†541

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

5,348 workers (±685)

White City, Oregon
Oregon share

Drive alone79%4,227
Carpool13%†709
Public transit0.4%†21

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 Medford, 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 Jackson County, the county holding most of White City's residents.

Jackson County has 6,589 employer establishments, 298 for every 10,000 residents (1.20× the US rate of 248; 1.03× Oregon's), with 79,766 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,506. The Census Bureau also counts 18,988 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,589; 18,988 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 298; US 248 · Oregon 288
Paid employees: 79,766
Average annual pay: $54,506; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	544	24.6	1.18×About typical	7,520	$77,110	1,128
Specialty trade contractors	514	23.2	1.50×More than typical	4,015	$64,719	961
Restaurants and other eating places	490	22.1	1.21×About typical	7,123	$24,544	89
Lessors of real estate	355	16	1.30×More than typical	929	$45,584	2,121
Construction of buildings	336	15.2	2.01×More than typical	1,401	$55,960	690
Services to buildings and dwellings	228	10.3	1.53×More than typical	1,238	$34,176	1,089
Full-service restaurants	207	9.4	1.22×About typical	3,136	$28,450	38
Offices of other health practitioners	198	8.9	1.47×More than typical	843	$51,849	678
Limited-service restaurants	184	8.3	1.04×About typical	2,748	$22,278	32
Building equipment contractors	163	7.4	1.22×About typical	1,911	$69,070	107
Offices of physicians	158	7.1	1.10×About typical	3,045	$104,920	188
Real estate agents and brokers	150	6.8	1.39×More than typical	226	$49,500	540

Rank places for an industry Open Jackson County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 221,276 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 $766.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in White City, Oregon: $71.31 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $766.5K; −15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $71.31; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 57%; 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

Forest Service$463.2K60%
Department of Veterans Affairs$303.4K40%

Top recipients

CROMAN CORP$421.7K55%
ANDERSEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF OREGON LLC$218.5K29%
CASCADE FIRE EQUIPMENT CO$41.5K5.4%
SKYTEK LLC$23.4K3.0%
COLUMBIACARE SERVICES, INC.$22.4K2.9%

Spending by fiscal year

808.1KFY2017
600KFY2018
384.3KFY2019
688.6KFY2020
402.3KFY2021
817.1KFY2022
698.9KFY2023
948.1K

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$421.7K55%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$241.9K32%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$40K5.2%
Residential intellectual, developmental, mental health, and substance abuse facilities · 6232$22.4K2.9%
Other ambulatory health care services · 6219$8,9081.2%
Waste collection · 5621$4,655

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 White City, Oregon, so they do not add up across cities.

White City, Oregon's figures are part of those of Jackson County, OR ($90.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.8% of that total.

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

See federal money in Jackson 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.

White City, 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.

Jackson County53100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Medford, OR64

Other cities and towns in Jackson 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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