Coos County vs Josephine County

A side-by-side comparison of Coos County and Josephine County: population, income, housing, and more.

Coos County and Josephine County are counties in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Josephine County has the higher population (88,069 vs 64,832 in Coos County). Coos County has the higher median household income ($60,313 vs $59,097 in Josephine County). Josephine County has the higher median home value ($383,100 vs $302,800 in Coos County).

Population, income & housing

	Coos County	Josephine County
Population	64,832	88,069
Median age	48.6 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$59,097
Median home value	$302,800	$383,100
Median gross rent	$992	$1,157
Housing units	31,698	39,217
Homeownership rate	70.7%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coos County	Josephine County
Population	63,686 → 64,832 (+1.8%)	86,251 → 88,069 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$45,051 → $60,313 (+33.9%)	$45,616 → $59,097 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$198,100 → $302,800 (+52.9%)	$265,500 → $383,100 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $992 (+21.3%)	$908 → $1,157 (+27.4%)

Coos County

Population

63,68664,832

Median household income

$45,051$60,313

Median home value

$198,100$302,800

Median gross rent

$818$992

Josephine County

Population

86,25188,069

Median household income

$45,616$59,097

Median home value

$265,500$383,100

Median gross rent

$908$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coos County	Josephine County
Under 5	4.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	15.6%
75 and over	10.8%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coos County	Josephine County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.4%
Asian	1.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coos County	Josephine County
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	30.5%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coos County	Josephine County
Drove alone	76.2%	73.9%
Carpooled	10.5%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.5%	11.2%
Other means	2.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coos County	Josephine County
1-unit, detached	68.4%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Coos County	Josephine County
Poverty rate	15.6%	15.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1973	1981