What is the population of Sutherlin city?

Sutherlin city has 8,574 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #75 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Sutherlin city?

Median household income in Sutherlin city is $51,860 a year, 34% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,149 a month and the median home value is $261,700, so rent absorbs about 26.6% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sutherlin city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Sutherlin, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Sutherlin, Oregon (Sutherlin, OR — Census place “Sutherlin city”) is 8,574 residents, ranking #75 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $51,860, the median home is worth $261,700 and median gross rent runs $1,149 a month. Looking for the Sutherlin Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sutherlin, OR: 97479.

Population: 8,574Sutherlin city residents
Median household income: $51,860Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $261,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,149Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.4%Owner-occupied households

Sutherlin ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sutherlin.

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

97479

What the numbers mean in Sutherlin city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Sutherlin city median would spend about 26.6% 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 5.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13% of residents and 64.4% of households own their home.

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

Sutherlin city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Sutherlin city is a mid-size town in Oregon, with 8,574 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #75 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 82% of them. The median age here is 42.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Sutherlin city earn a median of $51,860 a year, 34% below the national figure of $78,538 and 30% below the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 13% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sutherlin city is valued at $261,700, 13.7% below the national figure and 31% below the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,149 a month, 18.3% below the national figure, or roughly $13,788 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.6% 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×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 64.4% 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.

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 Sutherlin city?: Sutherlin city has 8,574 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #75 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Sutherlin city?: Median household income in Sutherlin city is $51,860 a year, 34% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sutherlin city?: Median gross rent is $1,149 a month and the median home value is $261,700, so rent absorbs about 26.6% of median household income.
Is Sutherlin city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sutherlin city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Sutherlin 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.