Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety16#13,064/15,637
Economy22#12,220/15,631
Housing19#12,129/14,977
Health8#14,383/15,609
Healthcare58#6,507/15,650
Environment31#10,727/15,453
Education14#13,389/15,649
Infrastructure77#3,569/15,650
Community24#11,881/15,651
Leisure & amenities52#7,583/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Winston, 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
Public EV charging ports · high14.7 /10k
90/100Oregon 10.1 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyDouglas County value
Average commute time · low19.4 min
83/100Oregon 23.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Mental health providers · high457 /100k
81/100Oregon 776 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDouglas County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
80/100Oregon 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDouglas County value
Comfortable days · high30.1%
79/100Oregon 27.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationDouglas County value

Weaknesses

Depression · high31.4%
2/100Oregon 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
Frequent mental distress · high22.4%
4/100Oregon 19.6%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
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

Trends

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

PopulationRising
5,416 (2015-2019) → 5,690 (2020-2024)
+5.1%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.4% (2015-2019) → 94.6% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
24.1% (2015-2019) → 31.9% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$41,593 (2015-2019) → $56,667 (2020-2024)
+36%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Average commute timeWorsening
15.1 min (2015-2019) → 19.4 min (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Poverty rateWorsening
18.3% (2015-2019) → 23.6% (2020-2024)
+5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Winston, Oregon improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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.

Improved1

Broadband+17 points77.4% → 94.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Winston, Oregon between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	15.1 min2015-2019	19.4 min2020-2024	+4.2 min	Within the margin of error	13%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%2015-2019	15.6%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Broadband subscriptions	77.4%2015-2019	94.6%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	85%
Child poverty rate	24.1%2015-2019	31.9%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Within the margin of error	15%
High school diploma or higher	88.6%2015-2019	90.5%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Home price to income ratio	3.8×2015-2019	4.3×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	49%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4892015-2019	0.4362020-2024	−0.054	Within the margin of error	85%
Median household income	$41,5932015-2019	$56,6672020-2024	+36%	Within the margin of error	68%
Poverty rate	18.3%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Rent as share of income	32.5%2015-2019	32.7%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Rent-burdened households	56.9%2015-2019	53.6%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Unemployment rate	4.3%2015-2019	4.0%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	56%

“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 Winston, Oregon five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Winston, 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, Winston, Oregon itself moved +9.8 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

5,690 residents (±34)

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: 30–39 women (−5.4 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

5,690 residents (±34)

Winston, Oregon
Oregon share

White82%4,644
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino8.1%†459
Asian1.0%†58
American Indian and Alaska Native0.3%†15
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races9.0%†514

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+6.0 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

4,087 residents (±303)

Winston, Oregon
Oregon share

No high school diploma9.5%†389
High school or GED30%1,243
Some college31%1,273
Associate degree13%†545
Bachelor's degree11%†454
Graduate degree4.5%†183

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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

2,614 households (±244)

Winston, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $25k24%†638
$25k–50k21%†557
$50k–75k16%†427
$75k–100k19%†487
$100k–150k11%†283
$150k–200k5.8%†151
$200k or more2.7%†71

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 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

2,614 households (±244)

Winston, Oregon
Oregon share

Own71%1,856
Rent29%758

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (−12.7 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

717 households (±205)

Winston, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $7509.2%†66
$750–1,00046%†328
$1,000–1,50043%†310

Home values

1,856 homes (±322)

Winston, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $150k18%†335
$150k–250k35%†644
$250k–400k34%†634

Age of homes

2,800 homes (±235)

Winston, Oregon
Oregon share

2010 or later6.9%†193
2000–200915%†419
1980–199928%790

Size of homes

2,800 homes (±235)

Winston, Oregon
Oregon share

Studio0.3%†9
1 bedroom3.6%†102
2 bedrooms48%1,344

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

2,243 workers (±321)

Winston, Oregon
Oregon share

Drive alone67%1,497
Carpool13%†301
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.4%†31
Bike1.3%†30
Work from home17%†384
Other0.0%0

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,859 workers (±327)

Winston, Oregon
Oregon share

Under 15 min24%†444
15–29 min56%†1,050
30–44 min13%†246

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 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 Winston'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

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Winston, 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

2KFY2017
1.1KFY2018
366FY2019
-25.1FY2020
1.9KFY2024

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

Winston, Oregon's figures are part of those of Douglas County, OR ($67.9M 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: Winston 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.

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