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Median household income, Black householders in Oregon

Oregon ranks 17th of 51 states measured the same way. Below, every county in Oregon, starting with where Black residents are doing best.

Median household income, Black householders
Oregon$62,538
plus or minus $5,832
United States$55,157
plus or minus $255
All households in Oregon: $83,011 (plus or minus $573). Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best Marion County $74,672, plus or minus $8,824. Ranked 1st of 3 counties. What is Marion County doing that works? Furthest to go: Benton County, $31,305. See Marion County ›

Where you live

Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your county below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.

Ranked from doing best

Every county in Oregon

3 ranked of 36
Margin of error
1 Marion County $74,672 plus or minus $8,824 $77,351
2 Multnomah County $55,300 plus or minus $7,008 $88,766
3 Benton County $31,305 plus or minus $1,199 $77,702
Not ranked Baker County Not published: too few people in the survey $60,936
Not ranked Clackamas County $111,000 Wide margin of error plus or minus $45,725 $103,517
Not ranked Clatsop County $23,023 Wide margin of error plus or minus $16,301 $71,822
Not ranked Columbia County Not published: too few people in the survey $87,458
Not ranked Coos County Not published: too few people in the survey $62,143
Not ranked Crook County Not published: too few people in the survey $81,965
Not ranked Curry County Not published: too few people in the survey $62,244
Not ranked Deschutes County $71,977 Wide margin of error plus or minus $40,616 $92,758
Not ranked Douglas County $75,493 Wide margin of error plus or minus $32,415 $61,310
Not ranked Gilliam County Not published: too few people in the survey $66,917
Not ranked Grant County Not published: too few people in the survey $59,450
Not ranked Harney County Not published: too few people in the survey $55,208
Not ranked Hood River County Not published: too few people in the survey $88,947
Not ranked Jackson County $27,940 Wide margin of error plus or minus $9,548 $73,999
Not ranked Jefferson County Not published: too few people in the survey $76,260
Not ranked Josephine County $31,705 Wide margin of error plus or minus $21,923 $60,098
Not ranked Klamath County Not published: too few people in the survey $58,830
Not ranked Lake County Not published: too few people in the survey $62,787
Not ranked Lane County $49,701 Wide margin of error plus or minus $27,970 $71,544
Not ranked Lincoln County Not published: too few people in the survey $63,165
Not ranked Linn County Not published: too few people in the survey $76,329
Not ranked Malheur County $31,719 Wide margin of error plus or minus $21,134 $54,519
Not ranked Morrow County Not published: too few people in the survey $75,448
Not ranked Polk County Not published: too few people in the survey $85,118
Not ranked Sherman County Not published: too few people in the survey $60,161
Not ranked Tillamook County Not published: too few people in the survey $69,105
Not ranked Umatilla County Not published: too few people in the survey $67,728
Not ranked Union County under $2,500 Census reports only a capped figure $65,661
Not ranked Wallowa County Not published: too few people in the survey $67,112
Not ranked Wasco County Not published: too few people in the survey $64,175
Not ranked Washington County $92,955 Wide margin of error plus or minus $27,390 $107,772
Not ranked Wheeler County Not published: too few people in the survey $55,284
Not ranked Yamhill County $47,806 Wide margin of error plus or minus $21,121 $90,063

Ranked: the 3 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with a margin of error under a quarter of the figure. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.

Who decides

From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.

  1. You and your neighbors Buy from Black-owned businesses, pass along job openings, and back the people building firms here.

    Ask: Which local business can I send work to this month?

  2. Your mayor, council and county commission Award local contracts, issue business permits and steer development money.

    Ask: What share of city and county contracts went to Black-owned firms last year?

  3. Your state legislators Fund job training and set the minimum wage and the rules for state contracts.

    Ask: Does our state set aside contracts for small firms, as other states do?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund job training, small business loans and federal contracts.

    Ask: How many federal contracts in our district went to small Black-owned firms?

What you can do

  1. This weekSend one piece of work to a Black-owned business near you, and pass one job opening to someone looking.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next city council or county commission vote on contracts.
  3. Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources

Median household income, Black householders. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.

The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.

Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.

Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.

About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.