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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Highest Rents in Oregon

Median gross rent by county, which includes rent plus the utilities the tenant pays. Comparing it against the monthly cost to own is the honest version of the rent-versus-buy question.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

Oregon ranked

#County Median rentMonthly to ownMedian home
1 Washington County $1,773$4,141$558,500
2 Clackamas County $1,693$4,280$577,900
3 Deschutes County $1,674$4,279$596,000
4 Multnomah County $1,582$3,966$528,000
5 Hood River County $1,381$4,096$571,200
6 Yamhill County $1,377$3,281$442,700
7 Benton County $1,359$3,644$481,700
8 Marion County $1,333$2,912$383,300
9 Jackson County $1,310$2,989$400,200
10 Lane County $1,287$2,993$395,800
11 Linn County $1,273$2,646$344,600
12 Polk County $1,270$3,153$419,500
13 Crook County $1,224$3,108$423,300
14 Columbia County $1,221$2,922$390,600
15 Tillamook County $1,169$2,994$408,600
16 Josephine County $1,157$2,797$383,100
17 Curry County $1,156$2,687$366,700
18 Lincoln County $1,150$2,928$387,700
19 Clatsop County $1,130$3,231$437,800
20 Gilliam County $1,084$1,342$158,400
21 Douglas County $995$2,153$283,200
22 Coos County $992$2,308$302,800
23 Union County $982$2,047$260,500
24 Wasco County $978$2,541$332,500
25 Klamath County $973$1,968$255,700
26 Umatilla County $962$2,037$256,100
27 Jefferson County $957$2,560$339,200
28 Sherman County $945$1,634$206,700
29 Morrow County $910$1,817$229,800
30 Lake County $861$1,712$219,400
31 Wallowa County $858$2,739$371,900
32 Grant County $840$1,773$225,100
33 Malheur County $819$1,757$221,300
34 Baker County $814$1,955$247,700
35 Wheeler County $782$2,002$259,000
36 Harney County $675$1,566$190,600

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

Nationwide

Highest Rents across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Oregon

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