Eugene vs Santa Clara

A side-by-side comparison of Eugene and Santa Clara: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eugene has the higher population (177,520 vs 10,623 in Santa Clara). Santa Clara has the higher median household income ($82,530 vs $63,836 in Eugene). Eugene has the higher median home value ($435,400 vs $381,700 in Santa Clara).

Population, income & housing

	Eugene	Santa Clara
Population	177,520	10,623
Median age	35.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,836	$82,530
Median home value	$435,400	$381,700
Median gross rent	$1,347	$1,571
Housing units	79,554	4,625
Homeownership rate	47.6%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eugene	Santa Clara
Population	168,302 → 177,520 (+5.5%)	11,020 → 10,623 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$50,962 → $63,836 (+25.3%)	$70,048 → $82,530 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$288,600 → $435,400 (+50.9%)	$263,000 → $381,700 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,031 → $1,347 (+30.6%)	$1,317 → $1,571 (+19.3%)

Eugene

Population

168,302177,520

Median household income

$50,962$63,836

Median home value

$288,600$435,400

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,347

Santa Clara

Population

11,02010,623

Median household income

$70,048$82,530

Median home value

$263,000$381,700

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eugene	Santa Clara
Under 5	3.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.2%	12.9%
18 to 24	17.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	13.8%
75 and over	7.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eugene	Santa Clara
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	84.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.9%
Asian	3.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eugene	Santa Clara
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.7%
High school graduate	17.4%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eugene	Santa Clara
Drove alone	63.0%	71.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.8%
Public transit	2.7%	0.4%
Walked	5.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	4.7%	1.2%
Worked from home	15.3%	17.5%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eugene	Santa Clara
1-unit, detached	51.2%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.5%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Eugene	Santa Clara
Poverty rate	18.2%	10.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1979	1969