Josephine County vs Klamath County

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

Josephine County and Klamath 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 69,812 in Klamath County). Klamath County has the higher median household income ($59,353 vs $59,097 in Josephine County). Josephine County has the higher median home value ($383,100 vs $255,700 in Klamath County).

Population, income & housing

	Josephine County	Klamath County
Population	88,069	69,812
Median age	47.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,097	$59,353
Median home value	$383,100	$255,700
Median gross rent	$1,157	$973
Housing units	39,217	33,004
Homeownership rate	71.7%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Josephine County	Klamath County
Population	86,251 → 88,069 (+2.1%)	66,921 → 69,812 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$45,616 → $59,097 (+29.6%)	$46,491 → $59,353 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$265,500 → $383,100 (+44.3%)	$170,600 → $255,700 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,157 (+27.4%)	$772 → $973 (+26.0%)

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

Klamath County

Population

66,92169,812

Median household income

$46,491$59,353

Median home value

$170,600$255,700

Median gross rent

$772$973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Josephine County	Klamath County
Under 5	4.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	15.6%	14.0%
75 and over	11.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Josephine County	Klamath County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	2.7%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Josephine County	Klamath County
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Josephine County	Klamath County
Drove alone	73.9%	80.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.2%	8.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Josephine County	Klamath County
1-unit, detached	70.9%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	2.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Josephine County	Klamath County
Poverty rate	15.8%	18.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1981	1975