Scores by category

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

Safety11#823/924
Economy7#863/925
Housing6#868/925
Health17#769/925
Healthcare63#342/923
Environment52#444/917
Education38#572/925
Infrastructure57#397/925
Community73#255/925
Leisure & amenities77#213/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Klamath Falls, OR micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mental health providers · high613 /100k
93/100Oregon 776 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Dentists · high93 /100k
93/100Oregon 86 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Public libraries · high1.7 /10k
93/100Oregon 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
91/100Oregon 24 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Primary care physicians · high100 /100k
91/100Oregon 95 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Average commute time · low17.9 min
90/100Oregon 23.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
0/100Oregon 0.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high38.6 /100k
1/100Oregon 20.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Distance to an emergency room · high25.3 mi
2/100Oregon 6.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Unemployment rate · high7.2%
2/100Oregon 5.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Firearm deaths · high34.3 /100k
2/100Oregon 15.0 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Traffic deaths · high34.5 /100k
4/100Oregon 13.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 47% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−53 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
53.0% (2010 & 2021) → 74.6% (2022 & 2024)
+22 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
PharmaciesWorsening
0.1 /10k (2020) → 0.0 /10k (2025)
−100%5 yearsUS 1.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k
New business applicationsImproving
6.6 /1k (2020) → 12.1 /1k (2025)
+83%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Traffic deathsWorsening
21.5 /100k (2015-2019) → 34.5 /100k (2020-2024)
+60%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Hot daysWorsening
6 days (2011-2020) → 10 days (2016-2025)
+60%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days

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, Klamath Falls, OR micropolitan area improved on 13 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 8. 4 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Child poverty−7.9 points26.9% → 19.1%
New businesses+83%6.6 /1k → 12.1 /1k
Real income+38%$40,548 → $56,066
Uninsured−2 points10.7% → 8.6%
Weekly wage+28%$827 → $1,057

Declined8

Pharmacies−100%0.1 /10k → 0.0 /10k
Homicides+57%3.7 /100k → 5.8 /100k
Traffic deaths+60%21.5 /100k → 34.5 /100k
Inequality+0.0360.449 → 0.485
Price / income+1.1×3.7× → 4.8×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Klamath Falls, OR micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.6 /10k2020	4.0 /10k2025	+11%	Improved	56%
Average commute time	16.0 min2015-2019	17.9 min2020-2024	+1.9 min	Declined	14%
Average weekly wage	$8272020	$1,0572025	+28%	Improved	84%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Improved	47%
Broadband subscriptions	80.1%2015-2019	86.1%2020-2024	+6 points	Improved	14%
Child poverty rate	26.9%2015-2019	19.1%2020-2024	−7.9 points	Improved	91%
Distance to an airport	60 mi2020	60 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	15.8 /100k2020	15.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−0.6%	Little change	28%
Effective property tax rate	0.80%2015-2019	0.63%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	63%
Firearm deaths	25.9 /100k2020	34.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+32%	Declined	17%
Grocery stores	2.0 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	+13%	Improved	82%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+16%	Improved	66%
High school diploma or higher	88.1%2015-2019	89.4%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	4.8×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	9%
Homicide rate	3.7 /100k2020	5.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+57%	Declined	4%
Income adjusted for local prices	$40,5482019	$56,0662024	+38%	Improved	85%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4492015-2019	0.4852020-2024	+0.036	Declined	4%
Median household income	$46,4912015-2019	$58,8302020-2024	+27%	Improved	48%
New business applications	6.6 /1k2020	12.1 /1k2025	+83%	Improved	88%
Pharmacies	0.1 /10k2020	0.0 /10k2025	−100%	Declined	0%
Poverty rate	19.5%2015-2019	18.3%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Public libraries	1.8 /10k2019	1.7 /10k2024	−2.9%	Little change	39%
Rent as share of income	29.7%2015-2019	33.4%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Rent-burdened households	49.4%2015-2019	54.9%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Restaurants and bars	10.9 /10k2020	10.8 /10k2025	−0.9%	Little change	42%
Suicide rate	33.1 /100k2020	38.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+17%	Declined	29%
Traffic deaths	21.5 /100k2015-2019	34.5 /100k2020-2024	+60%	Declined	4%
Unemployment rate	9.1%2020	7.2%2025	−1.9 points	Improved	19%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.7%2015-2019	8.6%2020-2024	−2 points	Improved	86%
Violent crime rate	470 /100k2020	316 /100k2025	−33%	Improved	79%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Klamath Falls, OR micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Klamath Falls, OR micropolitan 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.

For comparison, Klamath Falls, OR micropolitan area itself moved −4.1 points in standing on average over the same 29 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

70,247 residents

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

28,999 households (±470)

Klamath Falls, OR micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k23%6,745
$25k–50k21%6,131
$50k–75k18%5,132

Homes

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

Owners and renters

28,999 households (±470)

Klamath Falls, OR micropolitan area
United States share

Own69%20,130
Rent31%8,869

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.1 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

26,317 workers (±863)

Klamath Falls, OR micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone77%20,394
Carpool8.8%2,321
Public transit0.2%†64

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 no occupation wages for Klamath Falls, OR micropolitan area.

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.

Klamath Falls, OR has 1,516 employer establishments, 216 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248), with 16,763 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,095. The Census Bureau also counts 4,234 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,516; 4,234 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 216; US 248
Paid employees: 16,763
Average annual pay: $47,095; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Klamath Falls, OR by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	132	18.8	1.02×About typical	1,875	$21,174	36
Ambulatory health care services	118	16.8	0.80×About typical	1,495	$56,314	212
Specialty trade contractors	118	16.8	1.08×About typical	625	$56,248	222
Lessors of real estate	82	11.7	0.95×About typical	189	$34,190	456
Construction of buildings	81	11.5	1.52×More than typical	283	$48,618	166
Full-service restaurants	67	9.5	1.24×About typical	724	$24,471	13
Limited-service restaurants	48	6.8	0.85×About typical	857	$20,971	16
Religious organizations	47	6.7	1.20×About typical	262	$20,412	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	44	6.3	0.93×About typical	147	$29,143	236
Automotive repair and maintenance	41	5.8	1.16×About typical	172	$45,151	92
Building equipment contractors	41	5.8	0.97×About typical	246	$65,541	25
Truck transportation	41	5.8	1.15×About typical	240	$72,338	95

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 70,332 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $54.7M on contracts performed in Klamath Falls, OR micropolitan area: $778 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $54.7M; +111% vs FY2025
Per resident: $778; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.6%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.6%; 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

45.6MFY2017
19.5MFY2018
28.5MFY2019
95MFY2020
57.3MFY2021
57.1MFY2022
156.5MFY2023
41.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$37.9M69%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$5.6M10%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$3.5M6.5%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$2.4M4.4%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1.2M2.2%
Utility system construction · 2371

Largest awards

OR NPS CRLA 13(1), REHABILITATE EAST RIM DRIVE$58.8M
STEVE MANNING CONSTRUCTION INC· Klamath County, OR· Construction & real property· May 12, 2023 – Sep 15, 2026· 69056723C000017
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR PROJECT OR NPS CRLA 2018(1), CLEETWOOD TRAIL AND MARINA IMPROVEMENTS. THE WORK CONSISTS OF AGGREGATE BASE TRAIL RECONSTRUCTION, SLOPE STABILIZATION, SLOPE PROTECTION, WALLS (DRY STACK ROCKERY, SOIL NAIL, GABION, MECHANICALLY$36.7M
STRIDER CONSTRUCTION CO INC· Klamath County, OR· Construction & real property· Jan 23, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· 69056726C000005
GO BIG G-Z STEWARDSHIP IRSC FREMONT-WINEMA NF, CHILOQUIN RD LEAD APSO: CURTIS YOCUM PRIMARY COR: [name removed]$14.3M
TWC CORP· Klamath County, OR· Facilities & utilities· Aug 21, 2023 – Aug 7, 2026· 12363N23C4020

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.

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.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $570.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Klamath Falls, OR micropolitan area: $8,121 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $570.7M; −14% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,121; US $12,955
Loan face value: $40M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$313.8M55%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$77.9M14%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$46.6M8.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$27.8M4.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$18.2M3.2%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$11.1M1.9%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$10.3M1.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$8.4M1.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

THE KLAMATH TRIBES$11.7M2.0%
CHILOQUIN, OR
KLAMATH HOUSING AUTHORITY$7.6M1.3%
KLAMATH FALLS, OR
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$6.4M1.1%
SALEM, OR
OREGON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$5.8M1.0%
KLAMATH FALLS, OR
KLAMATH COMMUNITY COLLEGE$5.4M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$406.5M71%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$88.6M16%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$14.3M2.5%
Department of Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$13.6M2.4%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

539MFY2021
571.8MFY2022
556.8MFY2023
592.2MFY2024
662.7MFY2025
570.7MFY2026

County aggregates

89%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Klamath Falls, 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.

Klamath CountyCentral county2970,274

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Klamath FallsPrincipal city22,115

Largest cities and towns

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

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined8

Metro and micro areas like Klamath Falls, OR micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Klamath Falls, OR

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Oregon

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved13

Declined8

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought