Roseburg, Oregon
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.
23,693
people, the 26th-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.
74.9%
of 18,927 jobs located in Roseburg are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 60% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,063
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 $881 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Douglas County.
- $833 Tract 1700
- $1,714 Tract 700
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
The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.
$1,024–$1,536
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,063 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.
- 88% 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 0.4–1.8% to the 10,343 homes here.
45–189
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 39% less than Oregon's.
$289,800
median home value in Roseburg.
- $289,800 Roseburg
- $477,600 Oregon
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year