Klamath Falls, Oregon
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 1.0% since 2020.
22,111
people, the 28th-largest of Oregon's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Oregon's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
7 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
68.5%
of 12,714 jobs located in Klamath Falls are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 56% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$986
a month. Oregon's median is $1,525.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $777 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Klamath County.
- $760 Tract 9707
- $1,537 Tract 9710
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$995–$1,493
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $986 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 86% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.5–1.3% to the 10,037 homes here.
47–127
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 40% less than Oregon's.
$287,000
median home value in Klamath Falls.
- $287,000 Klamath Falls
- $477,600 Oregon
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year