County · Oregon

Benton County, Oregon

Benton County, Oregon has a quality-of-life score of 78 out of 100 (high), ranking #695 of 3,143 US counties. Within Oregon it ranks #5 of 36 counties. It ranks best on mental health providers (high), premature death (low) and some college (high). It ranks worst on rent as share of income (high), rent-burdened households (high) and home price to income ratio (high).

78High

Quality-of-life score: #695 of 3,143 counties
Oregon: #5 of 36 in OR
Population: 97,728 (2025)
Land area: 675 mi²
Density: 144.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 41003

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety61#1,201/3,096
Economy46#1,687/3,143
Housing1#3,102/3,140
Health85#457/3,144
Healthcare91#293/3,143
Environment61#1,208/3,108
Education86#456/3,144
Infrastructure100#10/3,144
Community72#895/3,144
Leisure & amenities83#549/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Benton County, Oregon ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mental health providers · high1,407 /100k
100/100Oregon 776 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Premature death · low4,617 /100k
99/100Oregon 7,519 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Some college · high82.9%
99/100Oregon 70.8%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Physical inactivity · low16.7%
98/100Oregon 20.9%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Bachelor's degree or higher · high54.2%
98/100Oregon 36.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Life expectancy · high81.7 yrs
98/100Oregon 77.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Rent as share of income · high39.3%
1/100Oregon 31.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · high62.7%
2/100Oregon 52.5%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Home price to income ratio · high6.6×
3/100Oregon 5.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.502
4/100Oregon 0.463United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Cost of buying a home today · high49.4%
4/100Oregon 42.2%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Child care cost burden · high42.4%
4/100Oregon 33.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

High ozone daysImproving
4 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New homes permittedImproving
3.1 /1k (2021) → 6.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+98%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
23.2% (2020 & 2021) → 42.4% (2023 & 2024)
+19 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drought exposureImproving
77% (2021) → 63% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−13 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Voter turnoutWorsening
74.4% (2020) → 66.9% (2024)
−7.5 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
Firearm deathsWorsening
10.4 /100k (2021) → 14.3 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+38%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k

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, Benton County, Oregon improved on 8 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 20 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Students / teacher−1.1×18.5× → 17.5×
Real income+32%$45,379 → $60,060
Property crime−29%2,510 /100k → 1,788 /100k
Weekly wage+20%$1,117 → $1,343
New businesses+23%7.0 /1k → 8.6 /1k

Declined3

Transit use−1.1 points2.5% → 1.4%
Price / income+1.3×5.3× → 6.6×
Inequality+0.0220.480 → 0.502

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Benton County, Oregon between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.7 /10k2020	5.8 /10k2025	+24%	Within the margin of error	76%
Average commute time	19.6 min2015-2019	19.6 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	56%
Average weekly wage	$1,1172020	$1,3432025	+20%	Improved	25%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.1%2015-2019	54.2%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Broadband subscriptions	90.5%2015-2019	92.9%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Improved	2%
Child poverty rate	11.4%2019	10.0%2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Distance to an airport	31 mi2020	31 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	9.1 /100k2020	11.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+23%	Within the margin of error	12%
Effective property tax rate	1.08%2015-2019	0.93%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	62%
Firearm deaths	8.5 /100k2020	14.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+68%	Within the margin of error	4%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+2.6%	Within the margin of error	65%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.9 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+1.1%	Within the margin of error	51%
High school diploma or higher	95.9%2015-2019	95.4%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Home price to income ratio	5.3×2015-2019	6.6×2020-2024	+1.3×	Declined	4%
Homicide rate	2.0 /100k2020	3.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+65%	Within the margin of error	3%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,3792019	$60,0602024	+32%	Improved	54%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4802015-2019	0.5022020-2024	+0.022	Declined	21%
Median household income	$69,1482019	$79,8632024	+15%	Improved	10%
New business applications	7.0 /1k2020	8.6 /1k2025	+23%	Improved	25%
Pharmacies	0.6 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−4.2%	Within the margin of error	52%
Poverty rate	16.5%2019	14.3%2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Property crime rate	2,510 /100k2020	1,788 /100k2025	−29%	Improved	38%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−4.6%	Within the margin of error	27%
Public transit commuters	2.5%2015-2019	1.4%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Declined	17%
Rent as share of income	36.1%2015-2019	39.3%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Rent-burdened households	59.2%2015-2019	62.6%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Restaurants and bars	10.3 /10k2020	9.8 /10k2025	−4.2%	Within the margin of error	37%
Students per teacher	18.5×2019	17.5×2024	−1.1×	Improved	64%
Suicide rate	14.8 /100k2020	19.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+31%	Within the margin of error	12%
Traffic deaths	9.0 /100k2015-2019	9.6 /100k2020-2024	+6.7%	Within the margin of error	47%
Unemployment rate	5.6%2020	4.3%2025	−1.3 points	Improved	19%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.7%2019	5.9%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Violent crime rate	164 /100k2020	168 /100k2025	+2%	Within the margin of error	30%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Benton County, Oregon five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Benton County, 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, Benton County, Oregon itself moved −4.4 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

96,303 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

38,537 households (±470)

Benton County, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $25k18%7,059
$25k–50k16%6,088
$50k–75k15%5,793

Homes

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

Owners and renters

38,537 households (±470)

Benton County, Oregon
Oregon share

Own57%21,945
Rent43%16,592

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

45,990 workers (±1,220)

Benton County, Oregon
Oregon share

Drive alone59%26,958
Carpool7.4%3,381
Public transit1.4%641

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 Corvallis, 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.

Benton County has 2,200 employer establishments, 225 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Oregon's), with 28,030 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,188. The Census Bureau also counts 6,984 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,200; 6,984 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 225; US 248 · Oregon 288
Paid employees: 28,030
Average annual pay: $58,188; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	190	19.4	0.93×About typical	1,931	$72,664	420
Restaurants and other eating places	186	19	1.03×About typical	3,125	$22,870	15
Lessors of real estate	127	13	1.05×About typical	455	$49,912	830
Specialty trade contractors	105	10.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	598	$64,463	200
Construction of buildings	91	9.3	1.23×About typical	534	$64,395	173
Offices of other health practitioners	80	8.2	1.34×More than typical	306	$47,013	265
Limited-service restaurants	79	8.1	1.01×About typical	1,483	$20,301	9
Full-service restaurants	74	7.6	0.98×About typical	1,148	$27,671	4
Services to buildings and dwellings	63	6.4	0.95×About typical	259	$33,838	179
Religious organizations	61	6.2	1.12×About typical	452	$20,803	—
Real estate agents and brokers	58	5.9	1.22×About typical	140	$63,000	163
Architectural, engineering and related services	55	5.6	1.61×More than typical	491	$83,717	102

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 97,964 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $20.4M on contracts performed in Benton County, Oregon: $209 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $20.4M; −72% vs FY2025
Per resident: $209; US $1,994
Sole-source: 21%; US 30%
Single offer: 33%; 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$4.7M23%
Environmental Protection Agency$4.4M21%
Department of the Army$2.2M11%
Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$2.1M10%
Department of the Navy$1.9M9.4%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.2M5.8%
Nuclear Regulatory Commission$1M5.0%
Agricultural Research Service$795.7K3.9%

Top recipients

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$3.9M19%
BURTON CONSTRUCTION, INC.$2.2M11%
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$2.1M10%
NANOVOX, LLC$1.7M8.2%
WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION$1.1M5.5%

Spending by fiscal year

34.1MFY2017
43.3MFY2018
27.3MFY2019
123.6MFY2020
134.4MFY2021
48.2MFY2022
177.1MFY2023
129.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$5.8M28%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$2.6M13%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$2.2M11%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$2.2M11%
Facilities support services · 5612$1.2M6.0%
Support activities for forestry · 1153

Largest awards

PROCUREMENT AND LATE-STAGE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALLPOX ANTIVIRAL DRUG(S)$626.5M
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.· Benton County, OR· Research & development· Sep 10, 2018 – Aug 24, 2026· 75A50118C00019
AWARDING CONTRACT TO OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOR NEWPORT FACILITY SUPPORT SERVICES.$4.5M
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY· Benton County, OR· Construction & real property· Feb 28, 2023 – Sep 10, 2026· 1305M323CNFFP0009
DEVELOP A FLEET OF AUTONOMOUS PROFILING FLOATS EQUIPPED WITH HIGHLY ACCURATE WELL CHARACTERIZED HYPERSPECTRAL RADIOMETRIC SENSORS THAT PROVIDE MEASUREMENTS FOR SYSTEM VICARIOUS CALIBRATION OF OCEAN COLOR$4.4M
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY· Benton County, OR· Research & development· Jun 24, 2022 – Nov 13, 2025· 80GSFC22CA050

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.

Explore contracts in Benton County, Oregon

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 $776M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Benton County, Oregon: $7,940 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $776M; −16% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,940; US $12,955
Loan face value: $10.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$401.5M52%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$49.2M6.3%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Benton County, Oregon compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Benton County, Oregon
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Benton County, Oregon and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Benton County, Oregon	United States
FY2017	$371	$1,436
FY2018	$468	$1,552
FY2019	$293	$1,654
FY2020	$1,320	$1,880
FY2021	$1,445	$1,810
FY2022	$496	$1,917
FY2023	$1,808	$2,079
FY2024	$1,330	$2,047
FY2025	$755	$2,165
FY2026	$209 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Benton County, Oregon and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Benton County, Oregon	United States
FY2017	$87.53	$93.28
FY2018	$295	$105
FY2019	$116	$128
FY2020	$58.31	$145
FY2021	$42.37	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Benton County, Oregon and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Benton County, Oregon	United States
FY2021	$4,226	$5,748
FY2022	$2,223	$5,221
FY2023	$3,845	$5,364
FY2024	$3,440	$5,501
FY2025	$2,289	$5,732
FY2026	$1,689

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Benton County, Oregon and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Benton County, Oregon	United States
FY2021	$58.83	$298
FY2022	$87.39	$357
FY2023	$85.42	$301
FY2024	$106	$319
FY2025	$40.58	$360
FY2026	$167

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Benton County, Oregon and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Benton County, Oregon	United States
FY2021	$32.96	$239
FY2022	$15.68	$185
FY2023	$69.95	$229
FY2024	$24.64	$229
FY2025	$19.44	$249
FY2026	$23.65

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Benton County, Oregon and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Benton County, Oregon	United States
FY2021	$187	$2,304
FY2022	$107	$2,197
FY2023	$125	$2,274
FY2024	$136	$2,267
FY2025	$110	$2,397
FY2026	$208

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Benton County, Oregon and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Benton County, Oregon	United States
FY2021	$668	$1,186
FY2022	$142	$465
FY2023	$40.48	$76.52
FY2024	$2.65	$120
FY2025	$56.78	$148
FY2026	$34.91

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Benton County, Oregon
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Benton County, Oregon and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Benton County, Oregon	United States
2014	2.2%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Federal contracts · FY2020

$1,320 per resident in FY2020, against an earlier average of $377 (3.5× that).

Compared with 9 similar counties

Benton County, Oregon
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/41003

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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.

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

House

Senate

Metro area

The metro or micro area Benton County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Corvallis, OR85Central county

Cities and towns in Benton County

Places whose residents live mostly in Benton County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
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
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/41003

Calendar years	Benton County, Oregon	United States
2014	−5.2%	−4.2%
2015	−3.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+3.3%
2018	+6.9%	+6.8%
2019	+9.3%	+10.5%
2020	+19.0%	+19.4%
2021	+27.3%	+26.1%
2022	+28.2%	+30.6%
2023	+32.9%	+35.0%
2024	+37.6%	+41.0%
2025	+43.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Benton County, Oregon	United States
2014	−6.2%	−5.5%
2015	−3.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.9%	+4.1%
2018	+7.8%	+8.9%
2019	+12.7%	+13.5%
2020	+22.4%	+20.8%
2021	+38.7%	+32.1%
2022	+35.2%	+35.4%
2023	+43.3%	+42.9%
2024	+50.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Benton County, Oregon	United States
2014	5.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	6.7/1k	4.1/1k
2019	5.8/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	5.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Benton County, Oregon	United States
2014	−3.7%	−6.9%
2015	−2.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.8%	+4.7%
2018	+13.2%	+7.5%
2019	+23.1%	+14.0%
2020	+18.2%	+16.9%
2021	+16.5%	+21.0%
2022	+24.8%	+29.7%
2023	+33.2%	+34.9%
2024	+42.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Benton County, Oregon	United States
2014	18.9%	15.5%
2015	18.3%	14.7%
2016	18.4%	14.0%
2017	16.0%	13.4%
2018	15.8%	13.1%
2019	16.5%	12.3%
2020	15.7%	11.9%
2021	17.3%	12.8%
2022	17.8%	12.6%
2023	16.2%	12.5%
2024	14.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Benton County, Oregon	United States
2014	5.0%	6.2%
2015	4.1%	5.3%
2016	4.0%	4.9%
2017	3.3%	4.4%
2018	3.2%	3.9%
2019	3.1%	3.7%
2020	5.6%	8.1%
2021	3.9%	5.4%
2022	3.5%	3.7%
2023	3.2%	3.6%
2024	3.7%	4.0%
2025	4.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Benton County, Oregon	United States
2014	−13.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+14.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+20.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+30.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+49.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+61.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+67.4% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+70.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+70.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Benton County, Oregon	United States
2015	−6.9% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.5% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.1% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.6% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+12.3% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+28.7% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+45.4% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+52.3% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+59.1% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+64.4% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Benton County, Oregon	United States
2014	10.1%	13.5%
2015	7.1%	10.9%
2016	6.6%	10.0%
2017	6.8%	10.2%
2018	6.3%	10.4%
2019	6.7%	10.8%
2020	6.4%	10.4%
2021	5.9%	10.2%
2022	5.7%	9.5%
2023	5.5%	9.5%
2024	5.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Benton County, Oregon	United States
2014	6.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	8.6/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Benton County, Oregon	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+2.2 points	+1.1 points	+0.7 points to +2.0 points
Year −2	+0.7 points	+0.9 points	−0.2 points to +1.9 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−7.2 points	−7.1 points	−12.0 points to −4.9 points
Year +1	+1.5 points	+2.0 points	+0.4 points to +3.5 points
Year +2	+3.5 points	+1.5 points	+0.1 points to +2.7 points

Year	Benton County, Oregon	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−6.1%	−6.7%	−7.4% to −5.6%
Year −2	−2.1%	−3.7%	−4.7% to −2.8%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+8.9%	+9.0%	+7.9% to +11.3%
Year +1	+16.5%	+16.1%	+13.7% to +18.9%
Year +2	+17.3%	+22.0%	+19.8% to +27.0%

Year	Benton County, Oregon	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.2 points	+0.3 points	+0.3 points to +0.4 points
Year −2	+0.1 points	+0.2 points	+0.1 points to +0.3 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+2.5 points	+3.5 points	+3.1 points to +4.0 points
Year +1	+0.8 points	+1.4 points	+1.2 points to +1.5 points
Year +2	+0.4 points	+0.2 points	+0.1 points to +0.3 points

Year	Benton County, Oregon	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−9.6%	−8.8%	−9.4% to −8.3%
Year −2	−4.3%	−3.9%	−5.1% to −2.8%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+8.6%	+9.0%	+8.6% to +9.9%
Year +1	+23.1%	+20.4%	+18.3% to +21.8%
Year +2	+20.1%	+22.1%	+18.6% to +25.0%

Year	Benton County, Oregon	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−7.2%	−7.7%	−9.6% to −5.1%
Year −2	−0.7%	−3.8%	−4.6% to −2.8%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+3.7%	+3.8%	+0.7% to +5.7%
Year +1	+7.3%	+8.4%	+5.7% to +9.5%
Year +2	+11.5%	+12.9%	+7.7% to +15.0%

Year	Benton County, Oregon	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+2.1 points	+2.7 points	+1.7 points to +3.1 points
Year −2	+0.4 points	+0.8 points	+0.2 points to +1.1 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−0.3 points	−0.2 points	−0.5 points to −0.1 points
Year +1	+0.2 points	+0.1 points	−0.1 points to +0.3 points
Year +2	+0.8 points	+0.5 points	−0.1 points to +1.1 points

Year	Benton County, Oregon	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−9.5%	−9.9%	−10.7% to −9.0%
Year −2	+2.5%	−2.6%	−5.8% to 0.0%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+5.9%	+5.7%	+3.2% to +7.4%
Year +1	+11.4%	+11.5%	+7.5% to +13.8%

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