What is the population of Philomath city?

Philomath city has 5,537 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #99 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Philomath city?

Median household income in Philomath city is $83,373 a year, 6.2% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,415 a month and the median home value is $375,600, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Philomath city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Philomath, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Philomath, Oregon (Philomath, OR — Census place “Philomath city”) is 5,537 residents, ranking #99 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $83,373, the median home is worth $375,600 and median gross rent runs $1,415 a month. Looking for the Philomath Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Philomath, OR: 97370.

Population: 5,537Philomath city residents
Median household income: $83,373Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $375,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,415Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66.4%Owner-occupied households

Philomath ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Philomath.

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

97370

What the numbers mean in Philomath city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Philomath city median would spend about 20.4% 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 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.9% of residents and 66.4% of households own their home.

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

Philomath city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Philomath city is a mid-size town in Oregon, with 5,537 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #99 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 76% of them. The median age here is 35.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Philomath city earn a median of $83,373 a year, 6.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 13% above the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 7.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Philomath city is valued at $375,600, 23.8% above the national figure and within a couple of points of the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,415 a month, essentially level with the national figure, or roughly $16,980 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.4% 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 4.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 66.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Philomath city?: Philomath city has 5,537 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #99 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Philomath city?: Median household income in Philomath city is $83,373 a year, 6.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Philomath city?: Median gross rent is $1,415 a month and the median home value is $375,600, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.
Is Philomath city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Philomath city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Philomath city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.