Roseburg vs Sutherlin

A side-by-side comparison of Roseburg and Sutherlin: population, income, housing, and more.

Roseburg and Sutherlin are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Roseburg has the higher population (23,773 vs 8,574 in Sutherlin). Roseburg has the higher median household income ($52,928 vs $51,860 in Sutherlin). Roseburg has the higher median home value ($266,600 vs $261,700 in Sutherlin).

Population, income & housing

	Roseburg	Sutherlin
Population	23,773	8,574
Median age	39.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,928	$51,860
Median home value	$266,600	$261,700
Median gross rent	$1,015	$1,149
Housing units	10,455	4,033
Homeownership rate	53.0%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roseburg	Sutherlin
Population	23,083 → 23,773 (+3.0%)	8,033 → 8,574 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$44,970 → $52,928 (+17.7%)	$46,290 → $51,860 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$195,400 → $266,600 (+36.4%)	$162,700 → $261,700 (+60.8%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $1,015 (+19.6%)	$881 → $1,149 (+30.4%)

Roseburg

Population

23,08323,773

Median household income

$44,970$52,928

Median home value

$195,400$266,600

Median gross rent

$849$1,015

Sutherlin

Population

8,0338,574

Median household income

$46,290$51,860

Median home value

$162,700$261,700

Median gross rent

$881$1,149

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roseburg	Sutherlin
Under 5	4.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.4%
75 and over	11.1%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roseburg	Sutherlin
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.7%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roseburg	Sutherlin
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	31.0%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roseburg	Sutherlin
Drove alone	71.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	15.1%	12.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	4.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roseburg	Sutherlin
1-unit, detached	60.7%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	7.4%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	26.4%

Poverty & households

	Roseburg	Sutherlin
Poverty rate	21.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1971	1984