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About 620,300 households were cost-burdened in 2025. That's 36.5% of all households in Oregon. These households spent at least 30% of their total income on rent or mortgage payments and utilities. The Department of Housing and Urban Development considers households that spend more than 30% of their income on housing to be cost-burdened. Cost-burdened households may have less money for other necessities such as food, healthcare, or savings.

620K

Oregon households were cost burdened in 2025

36.5%

of Oregon households were cost burdened in 2025
The number of cost-burdened households in Oregon increased from 536,800 in 2015 to 620,300 in 2025. Cost burden considers both household income and housing costs, so factors affecting either of these can influence the number of burdened households. For example:

  • Changes in wages, employment status, or the number of people in a household can impact household income.
  • Changes in housing supply/demand or interest rates can affect costs.
A growing or declining US population can also affect the number of cost-burdened households. To counteract this, USAFacts analyzed the percentages of cost-burdened households rather than just the number. This prevents such population changes from skewing the data.
In 2025, 36.5% of households in Oregon were cost burdened, higher than the national average of 33.6%.

In Oregon, 36.5% of households were cost burdened in 2025.

Share of households that spent at least 30% of their income on housing, 2005–2025

Cost burden varies for renters and homeowners. For example, during the Great Recession (2007–2009) unemployment rose, millions of homes entered foreclosure, and rental demand increased. By 2010, cost burden had increased among renters while staying flat among homeowner households.

What is the difference in housing cost burden for renters versus homeowners in Oregon? How does this compare to the US overall?

Since 2015, the proportion of cost-burdened owner households in Oregon has increased from 26.1% to 27.3% in 2025. Meanwhile, cost burden increased from 51.4% to 53.1% among renter households. In Oregon, the cost-burdened share of owner households was higher and the cost-burdened share of renter households was higher than the national average in 2025.

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In Oregon, 53.1% of renter households and 27.3% of owner households were cost burdened in 2025.

Share of households that spent at least 30% of their income on housing, 2005–2025

How high is cost burden for renters in Oregon cities compared to other US cities?

In 2020–2024, the share of owner households in metro areas that were cost burdened was 23.3%. (Metro areas are made up of a city with at least 50,000 people and the economically and socially interconnected counties.) The metro areas with the highest and lowest share of cost-burdened owner households were the Miami, FL area at 35.1% (highest) and Morgantown, WV area, at 13.2% (lowest).
Among the metros at least partially in Oregon, the highest and lowest were Grants Pass, OR area at 29.6% and Corvallis, OR area at 20.4%.

Across metro areas, 23.3% of owner households were cost burdened.

Share of owner households that spent at least 30% of their income on housing, 2020–2024

In 2020–2024, the share of renter households in metro areas that were cost burdened was 51.8%. The metro areas in the US with the highest and lowest share of cost-burdened renter households were the Miami, FL area at 64.2% (highest) and the Sheboygan, WI area, at 34% (lowest). In Oregon, the highest and lowest were Corvallis, OR area at 62.6% and Bend, OR area at 50.2%.

Across metro areas, 51.8% of renter households were cost burdened.

Share of renter households that spent at least 30% of their income on housing, 2020–2024

The difference between the cost-burdened share of owner and renter households was narrowest in the Bend, OR area, where cost burden was 24.6 percentage points higher among renters than owners, and widest in the Corvallis, OR area, where the gap was 42.3 percentage points. Within Oregon overall, the gap was 25.7 percentage points.

Cost-burdened households, Oregon metro areas (2020–2024)

Metro areas where at least one of its primary counties are within Oregon

Cost-burdened households, Oregon metro areas (2020–2024)

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