What is the population of Myrtle Creek city?

Myrtle Creek city has 3,495 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #121 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Myrtle Creek city?

Median household income in Myrtle Creek city is $57,039 a year, 27.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $899 a month and the median home value is $228,200, so rent absorbs about 18.9% of median household income.

Is Myrtle Creek city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Myrtle Creek city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Myrtle Creek, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Myrtle Creek, Oregon (Myrtle Creek, OR — Census place “Myrtle Creek city”) is 3,495 residents, ranking #121 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $57,039, the median home is worth $228,200 and median gross rent runs $899 a month. Looking for the Myrtle Creek Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Myrtle Creek, OR: 97457.

Population: 3,495Myrtle Creek city residents
Median household income: $57,039Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $228,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $899Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 57.8%Owner-occupied households

Myrtle Creek ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Myrtle Creek.

The Myrtle Creek OR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

97457

What the numbers mean in Myrtle Creek city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Myrtle Creek city median would spend about 18.9% 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 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.5% of residents and 57.8% of households own their home.

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

Myrtle Creek city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Myrtle Creek city is a small town in Oregon, with 3,495 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #121 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 71% of them. The median age here is 45.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Myrtle Creek city earn a median of $57,039 a year, 27.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% 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 13.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Myrtle Creek city is valued at $228,200, 24.8% below the national figure and 40% below the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $899 a month, 36.1% below the national figure, or roughly $10,788 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 57.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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 Myrtle Creek city?: Myrtle Creek city has 3,495 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #121 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Myrtle Creek city?: Median household income in Myrtle Creek city is $57,039 a year, 27.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Myrtle Creek city?: Median gross rent is $899 a month and the median home value is $228,200, so rent absorbs about 18.9% of median household income.
Is Myrtle Creek city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Myrtle Creek city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Myrtle Creek city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.