Shady Cove, Oregon
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 1.6% since 2020.
3,039
people, the 100th-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
8 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
82.6%
of 357 jobs located in Shady Cove are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 35% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,110
a month. Oregon's median is $1,525.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $2,070 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Jackson County.
- $780 Tract 24
- $2,850 Tract 6.06
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 is above what local wages can carry.
$721–$1,081
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,110 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
53% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 53% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.3% to the 1,577 homes here.
3–4
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 23% less than Oregon's.
$367,900
median home value in Shady Cove.
- $367,900 Shady Cove
- $477,600 Oregon
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year