Scores by category

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

Safety22#725/924
Economy15#782/925
Housing20#739/925
Health24#699/925
Healthcare64#332/923
Environment56#408/917
Education35#605/925
Infrastructure66#316/925
Community27#679/925
Leisure & amenities59#376/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Preventable hospital stays · low1,444 /100k
96/100Oregon 1,868 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · high14.7 /10k
92/100Oregon 10.1 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Dentists · high81 /100k
84/100Oregon 86 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · high457 /100k
83/100Oregon 776 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Grocery stores · high2.0 /10k
81/100Oregon 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · high30.1%
80/100Oregon 27.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Flu vaccinations · low27.0%
4/100Oregon 39.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Unemployment rate · high6.2%
5/100Oregon 5.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Depression · high29.4%
6/100Oregon 27.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Traffic deaths · high29.8 /100k
7/100Oregon 13.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties
Access to exercise opportunities · low49.6%
7/100Oregon 88.0%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high26.7 /100k
10/100Oregon 20.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
96% (2021) → 75% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−20 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
3 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Public librariesImproving
0.4 /10k (2019) → 0.6 /10k (2024)
+73%5 yearsUS 0.5 /10k → 0.5 /10k
New business applicationsImproving
6.6 /1k (2020) → 11.2 /1k (2025)
+70%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
New homes permittedWorsening
3.9 /1k (2021) → 1.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−62%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Hot daysWorsening
7 days (2011-2020) → 11 days (2016-2025)
+45%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, Roseburg, OR micropolitan area improved on 14 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 8. 5 moved within the margin of error and 4 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.

Improved14

Libraries+73%0.4 /10k → 0.6 /10k
Violent crime−38%340 /100k → 210 /100k
New businesses+70%6.6 /1k → 11.2 /1k
Uninsured−1.3 points8.2% → 6.9%
Weekly wage+25%$864 → $1,083

Declined8

Homicides+44%4.1 /100k → 5.9 /100k
Rent / income+3.8 points26.8% → 30.6%
Rent burden+7.8 points43.4% → 51.2%
Price / income+0.8×4.2× → 5.1×
Traffic deaths+25%23.8 /100k → 29.8 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Roseburg, OR micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.4 /10k2020	3.8 /10k2025	+9.9%	Improved	53%
Average commute time	19.2 min2015-2019	20.6 min2020-2024	+1.4 min	Within the margin of error	22%
Average weekly wage	$8642020	$1,0832025	+25%	Improved	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%2015-2019	19.3%2020-2024	+2 points	Improved	31%
Broadband subscriptions	81.4%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Improved	28%
Child poverty rate	22.1%2015-2019	22.3%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Distance to an airport	55 mi2020	55 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	18.0 /100k2020	15.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−16%	Improved	41%
Effective property tax rate	0.72%2015-2019	0.61%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	44%
Firearm deaths	18.0 /100k2020	21.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+18%	Declined	26%
Grocery stores	2.1 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−0.6%	Little change	48%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+12%	Improved	61%
High school diploma or higher	89.6%2015-2019	91.3%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Home price to income ratio	4.2×2015-2019	5.1×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	18%
Homicide rate	4.1 /100k2020	5.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+44%	Declined	6%
Income adjusted for local prices	$42,9502019	$57,3742024	+34%	Improved	63%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4402015-2019	0.4552020-2024	+0.016	Within the margin of error	19%
Median household income	$47,2672015-2019	$61,3102020-2024	+30%	Improved	64%
New business applications	6.6 /1k2020	11.2 /1k2025	+70%	Improved	79%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−16%	Declined	31%
Poverty rate	14.7%2015-2019	16.3%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Property crime rate	2,743 /100k2020	1,636 /100k2025	−40%	Improved	65%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	+73%	Improved	99%
Rent as share of income	26.8%2015-2019	30.6%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Declined	6%
Rent-burdened households	43.4%2015-2019	51.2%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Declined	8%
Restaurants and bars	9.2 /10k2020	8.7 /10k2025	−5.5%	Declined	24%
Suicide rate	27.0 /100k2020	26.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−1.1%	Little change	64%
Traffic deaths	23.8 /100k2015-2019	29.8 /100k2020-2024	+25%	Declined	23%
Unemployment rate	7.9%2020	6.2%2025	−1.7 points	Improved	15%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.2%2015-2019	6.9%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Improved	75%
Violent crime rate	340 /100k2020	210 /100k2025	−38%	Improved	86%

“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 Roseburg, OR micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Roseburg, 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, Roseburg, OR micropolitan area itself moved −5.4 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

112,072 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

47,519 households (±437)

Roseburg, OR micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k19%9,109
$25k–50k22%10,275
$50k–75k18%8,589

Homes

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

Owners and renters

47,519 households (±437)

Roseburg, OR micropolitan area
United States share

Own73%34,567
Rent27%12,952

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.6 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

42,204 workers (±1,068)

Roseburg, OR micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone71%30,125
Carpool12%5,174
Public transit0.3%†134

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 Roseburg, 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.

Roseburg, OR has 2,659 employer establishments, 236 for every 10,000 residents (0.95× the US rate of 248), 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
Paid employees: 32,867
Average annual pay: $53,607; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Roseburg, OR 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

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.
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 $67.9M on contracts performed in Roseburg, OR micropolitan area: $607 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $67.9M; −1.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $607; US $1,994
Sole-source: 5.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 38%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$38.6M57%
Forest Service$20.9M31%
Bureau of Land Management$7.2M11%
U.S. Coast Guard$533.3K0.8%
Department of the Army$323.2K0.5%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$121.1K0.2%
Federal Highway Administration$112.5K0.2%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$60.3K0.1%

Top recipients

GLOBAL ENGINEERING SERVICES INC$20.5M30%
SKYTEK LLC$11.8M17%
TK ELEVATOR CORPORATION$1.7M2.6%
METRO WEST AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.$1.4M2.1%
STONY BIZ LLC$1.3M2.0%

Spending by fiscal year

61.8MFY2017
51.8MFY2018
40.5MFY2019
42.9MFY2020
81.1MFY2021
58.4MFY2022
58.9MFY2023
149.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Utility system construction · 2371$17.1M25%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$16.4M24%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$14.5M21%
Other ambulatory health care services · 6219$2.7M3.9%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$2.3M3.4%
Other transit and ground passenger transportation · 4859$1.4M

Largest awards

IMPLEMENTING EO 14398 DEI DISCRIMINATION 653-23-101 REPAIR/REPLACE CAMPUS SEWER$13.7M
GLOBAL ENGINEERING SERVICES INC· Douglas County, OR· Construction & real property· Jun 11, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026· 36C26026C0030
653-21-102 BUILDING 3 SEISMIC RETROFIT AND RENOVATION$9.4M
SKYTEK LLC· Douglas County, OR· Construction & real property· Sep 27, 2024 – Jul 24, 2026· 36C26024C0050
UMPQUA NF OFFICE BUILDING$8.8M
DSL BUILDERS LLC· Douglas County, OR· Construction & real property· Apr 26, 2021 – Jan 30, 2026· 1240BH21C0002
R10 DES FORMOSA MINE SUPERFUND SITE, OU1 PROJECT, REMEDIAL DESIGN (RD) DURING CONSTRUCTION AND REMEDIAL ACTION (RA) OVERSIGHT SUPPORT

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 $1.5B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Roseburg, OR micropolitan area: $13,514 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.5B; −4.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $13,514; US $12,955
Loan face value: $62.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$614.7M41%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$245.6M16%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$162.4M11%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$156.8M10%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$85.1M5.6%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$57.7M3.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$55.6M3.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$30M2.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$27.3M1.8%
SALEM, OR
COW CREEK BAND OF UMPQUA TRIBE OF INDIANS$8.5M0.6%
ROSEBURG, OR
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF DOUGLAS COUNTY$8M0.5%
ROSEBURG, OR
COUNTY OF DOUGLAS$6.3M0.4%
ROSEBURG, OR
UMPQUA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC.

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$785.4M52%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$460M30%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$182.3M12%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$27.3M1.8%
Department of Transportation
Health Resources and Services Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

1.3BFY2021
1.3BFY2022
1.4BFY2023
1.5BFY2024
1.6BFY2025
1.5BFY2026

County aggregates

95%

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 Roseburg, 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.

Douglas CountyCentral county31111,951

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

RoseburgPrincipal city23,778

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

Improved14

Declined8

Metro and micro areas like Roseburg, 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 Roseburg, 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

Improved14

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