Lane County vs Multnomah County

A side-by-side comparison of Lane County and Multnomah County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Multnomah County has the higher population (803,863 vs 382,628 in Lane County). Multnomah County has the higher median household income ($86,247 vs $69,311 in Lane County). Multnomah County has the higher median home value ($528,000 vs $395,800 in Lane County).

Population, income & housing

	Lane County	Multnomah County
Population	382,628	803,863
Median age	40.2 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,311	$86,247
Median home value	$395,800	$528,000
Median gross rent	$1,287	$1,582
Housing units	168,316	367,704
Homeownership rate	59.4%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lane County	Multnomah County
Population	373,340 → 382,628 (+2.5%)	804,606 → 803,863 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$52,426 → $69,311 (+32.2%)	$69,176 → $86,247 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$263,200 → $395,800 (+50.4%)	$386,200 → $528,000 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$989 → $1,287 (+30.1%)	$1,237 → $1,582 (+27.9%)

Lane County

Population

373,340382,628

Median household income

$52,426$69,311

Median home value

$263,200$395,800

Median gross rent

$989$1,287

Multnomah County

Population

804,606803,863

Median household income

$69,176$86,247

Median home value

$386,200$528,000

Median gross rent

$1,237$1,582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lane County	Multnomah County
Under 5	4.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	13.2%
18 to 24	12.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	18.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	17.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.1%
75 and over	8.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lane County	Multnomah County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	66.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.5%
Asian	2.6%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.6%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lane County	Multnomah County
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	22.8%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lane County	Multnomah County
Drove alone	67.4%	53.6%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.8%
Public transit	1.9%	6.5%
Walked	4.1%	4.4%
Bicycle	2.8%	3.1%
Worked from home	13.9%	23.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lane County	Multnomah County
1-unit, detached	61.2%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	10.2%
20 or more units	8.4%	20.8%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Lane County	Multnomah County
Poverty rate	15.3%	12.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1977	1971