Lane County, Oregon

• White (non-Hispanic) 300,302 78.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 40,225 10.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,145 1.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 9,769 2.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 24,676 6.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2,655 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 695 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,740 0.5%

• Under 18 67,084 17.5%
• 18–24 49,276 12.8%
• 25–44 97,993 25.5%
• 45–64 89,761 23.4%
• 65 and over 80,093 20.8%

Median household income

$73,137

90% interval $69,834–$76,440

−$11,760 vs OR · 17th of 36

Below poverty line

14.6%

90% interval 13.1%–16.1%

+2.9 pp vs OR · 10th of 36

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.2%

−0.01 pp vs. state

County GDP

$23.6B

7.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,714

Establishments

12,896

• Education & health services 48,164 30.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 30,033 19.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 19,010 12.1%
• Professional & business services 16,389 10.4%
• Manufacturing 13,929 8.9%
• Construction 7,801 5.0%
• Financial activities 6,749 4.3%
• Other services 5,424 3.5%
• Public administration 4,216 2.7%
• Natural resources & mining 2,893 1.8%
• Information 1,792 1.1%
• Unclassified 4 0.0%

Home ownership

59.7%

−3.6 pp vs OR · 34th of 36

Median gross rent

$1,355

−$170 vs OR · 11th of 36

Owner-occupied

95,774

Renter-occupied

64,671

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $105,276/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,042/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 123,957 60.0%
• Republican 76,149 36.9%
• Other / third-party 6,441 3.1%

• Spanish 19,074 5.2%
• Chinese 1,848 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,567 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 1,382 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 940 0.3%
• Tagalog 895 0.2%
• Korean 649 0.2%
• Vietnamese 531 0.1%
• Arabic 136 0.0%

Households

160,445

Family households

92,728

57.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

21,594

23.3% of families

Single-mother families

8,920

9.6% of families

Veterans

23,869

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 39,547 10.3%
• Catholic 21,294 5.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 21,263 5.6%
• Mainline Protestant 8,647 2.3%
• Black Protestant 286 0.1%
• Orthodox 226 0.1%

Health insured

94.4%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

5.6%

±0.4 pp

23rd of 36

With a disability

17.1%

±0.5 pp

23rd of 36

Bachelor's or higher

34.0%

±0.8 pp

−2.8 pp vs OR · 8th of 36

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.9%

90% interval 6.3%–7.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

2nd Judicial District Circuit Court

Judges

15 (Circuit Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courts.oregon.gov; cross-checked against ORS § 3.041. Justice Courts (limited jurisdiction: misdemeanors, traffic, small claims under $10K) operate per county and are not counted here. Multnomah County operates a separate County Court for probate / juvenile matters.)

Court seats

Eugene

Traffic fatalities

49

15.45 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

47