What is the population of Medford city?

Medford city has 85,794 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #8 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Medford city?

Median household income in Medford city is $70,497 a year, 10.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Medford city?

Median gross rent is $1,321 a month and the median home value is $387,000, so rent absorbs about 22.5% of median household income.

Is Medford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Medford city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Medford, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Medford, Oregon (Medford, OR — Census place “Medford city”) is 85,794 residents, ranking #8 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $70,497, the median home is worth $387,000 and median gross rent runs $1,321 a month. Looking for the Medford Oregon ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Medford, OR: 97501, 97504.

Population: 85,794Medford city residents
Median household income: $70,497Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $387,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,321Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.3%Owner-occupied households

Medford ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Medford.

The Medford OR ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Medford city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Medford city median would spend about 22.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.5% of residents and 55.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Medford city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Medford city is a small city in Oregon, with 85,794 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #8 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 39.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Medford city earn a median of $70,497 a year, 10.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 5% below the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 12.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Medford city is valued at $387,000, 27.6% above the national figure and within a couple of points of the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,321 a month, 6% below the national figure, or roughly $15,852 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 55.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Medford city?: Medford city has 85,794 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #8 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Medford city?: Median household income in Medford city is $70,497 a year, 10.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Medford city?: Median gross rent is $1,321 a month and the median home value is $387,000, so rent absorbs about 22.5% of median household income.
Is Medford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Medford city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Medford city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.