Josephine County vs Linn County

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

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

Linn County has the higher population (129,794 vs 88,069 in Josephine County). Linn County has the higher median household income ($73,396 vs $59,097 in Josephine County). Josephine County has the higher median home value ($383,100 vs $344,600 in Linn County).

Population, income & housing

	Josephine County	Linn County
Population	88,069	129,794
Median age	47.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,097	$73,396
Median home value	$383,100	$344,600
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,273
Housing units	39,217	52,740
Homeownership rate	71.7%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Josephine County	Linn County
Population	86,251 → 88,069 (+2.1%)	125,048 → 129,794 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$45,616 → $59,097 (+29.6%)	$55,893 → $73,396 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$265,500 → $383,100 (+44.3%)	$221,600 → $344,600 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,157 (+27.4%)	$964 → $1,273 (+32.1%)

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

Linn County

Population

125,048129,794

Median household income

$55,893$73,396

Median home value

$221,600$344,600

Median gross rent

$964$1,273

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Josephine County	Linn County
Under 5	4.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	15.6%	11.6%
75 and over	11.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Josephine County	Linn County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	0.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Josephine County	Linn County
No high school diploma	9.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	31.4%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Josephine County	Linn County
Drove alone	73.9%	76.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.2%	10.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Josephine County	Linn County
1-unit, detached	70.9%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Josephine County	Linn County
Poverty rate	15.8%	12.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1981	1978