Metro area · Oregon

Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area

Eugene-Springfield, OR is a metropolitan area of 1 county in Oregon, home to 381,584 residents. Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area has a quality-of-life score of 62 out of 100 (high), ranking #352 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Oregon it ranks #9 of 20. It ranks best on mental health providers (high), physical inactivity (low) and distance to an airport (low). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), home price to income ratio (high) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high).

62High
Quality-of-life score
#352 of 925 metro and micro areas
Oregon
#9 of 20 in OR
Population
381,584 (2025)
Land area
4,554 mi²
Density
83.8 /mi²
CBSA code
21660

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 66 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety40#557/924
  • Economy42#538/925
  • Housing4#889/925
  • Health56#403/925
  • Healthcare88#111/923
  • Environment14#786/917
  • Education84#151/925
  • Infrastructure99#10/925
  • Community68#296/925
  • Leisure & amenities79#193/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

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.

Metro and micro areas like Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area 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.

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).

Income

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

Homes

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

Getting to work

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

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.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Eugene-Springfield, OR

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Lane CountyCentral county55381,584

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. EugenePrincipal city179,591
  2. SpringfieldPrincipal city61,499

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Eugene179,591
  2. Springfield61,499
  3. Cottage Grove10,698
  4. Santa Clara10,551
  5. Florence9,482
  6. River Road8,862
  7. Junction City6,947
  8. Creswell5,621
  9. Veneta5,200
  10. Oakridge3,184
  11. Heceta Beach2,651
  12. Coburg1,626
  13. Dunes City1,357
  14. Lowell1,228
  15. Dexter865
  16. Mapleton503
  17. Jasper493
  18. Marcola407
  19. Trent407
  20. Elmira319
  21. Cheshire296
  22. Westfir253

Other metro and micro areas in Oregon

Areas based in Oregon, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

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