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Eugene, OR
178,786 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4123850 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Eugene ranked #151 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Eugene and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Spokane WA, Salem OR, Salt Lake City UT, Rockford IL, Billings MT, Springfield MO, Fort Collins CO, Greeley CO, South Bend IN, Topeka KS, Evansville IN, Amarillo TX, Fargo ND · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #151 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #139 | #118 | #44 | #60 | #42 | #167 | #169 | #232 | #149 | #81 | #156 | #72 | #82 | #68 | #99 | #95 | #56 | #70 | #151 | #110 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 146,532 | 148,721 | 152,037 | 153,907 | 155,529 | 156,527 | 157,424 | 158,238 | 158,441 | 160,260 | 162,910 | 165,927 | 169,391 | 170,701 | 172,622 | 178,436 | 180,086 | 182,053 | 178,686 | 178,786 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #93 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.3 | +0.7 | +0.4 | — | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.0 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +1.6 | +1.6 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +0.4 | -0.9 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #80 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data | 9.1 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 5.6 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #200 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 25.7% | 21.1% | 20.2% | 23.1% | 23.4% | 23.0% | 26.6% | 25.5% | 23.5% | 24.4% | 24.0% | 24.9% | 22.2% | 23.7% | 25.7% | — | 23.9% | 25.2% | 26.3% | 25.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #30 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | — | — | — | — | 1.2 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 1.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #26 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.5 | 2.5 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 18.3 | 17.6 | 12.9 | 14.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 85,967 | 87,234 | 89,458 | 89,308 | 83,327 | 82,817 | 83,887 | 80,211 | 84,743 | 85,714 | 85,408 | 91,046 | 92,647 | 93,662 | 94,018 | 87,712 | 87,569 | 91,501 | 93,571 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #146 of 329 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.7 | -1.5 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +1.4 | -0.6 | +0.1 | -3.8 | +2.7 | -0.6 | -1.8 | +2.8 | -0.5 | +0.1 | -0.2 | -1.7 | +0.4 | +0.9 | +0.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67,610 | 72,157 | 74,049 | 76,927 | 77,375 | 81,460 | 84,704 | 86,624 | 86,673 | — | 87,615 | 92,884 | 90,426 | 89,979 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #309 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.5% | 10.9% | 9.7% | 6.5% | 7.4% | 7.4% | 6.0% | 6.0% | 7.0% | — | 7.9% | 5.5% | 7.2% | 7.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #162 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 25% | 29% | 26% | 26% | 22% | 22% | 23% | 20% | 14% | 18% | 20% | 26% | 21% | 23% | 25% | 22% | 23% | 24% | 20% | 23% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #111 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | $4,176 | $3,891 | $3,483 | $3,160 | $3,647 | $3,375 | $3,434 | $3,611 | $3,716 | $3,489 | $3,259 | $2,773 | $2,324 | $2,229 | $2,283 | $2,004 | $1,728 | $1,983 | $1,911 | $1,967 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Eugene. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.