Lane County vs Washington County

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

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

Washington County has the higher population (600,266 vs 382,628 in Lane County). Washington County has the higher median household income ($104,434 vs $69,311 in Lane County). Washington County has the higher median home value ($558,500 vs $395,800 in Lane County).

Population, income & housing

	Lane County	Washington County
Population	382,628	600,266
Median age	40.2 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,311	$104,434
Median home value	$395,800	$558,500
Median gross rent	$1,287	$1,773
Housing units	168,316	240,409
Homeownership rate	59.4%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	46.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lane County	Washington County
Population	373,340 → 382,628 (+2.5%)	589,481 → 600,266 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$52,426 → $69,311 (+32.2%)	$82,215 → $104,434 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$263,200 → $395,800 (+50.4%)	$386,600 → $558,500 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$989 → $1,287 (+30.1%)	$1,359 → $1,773 (+30.5%)

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

Washington County

Population

589,481600,266

Median household income

$82,215$104,434

Median home value

$386,600$558,500

Median gross rent

$1,359$1,773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lane County	Washington County
Under 5	4.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	12.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.7%
75 and over	8.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lane County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	61.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	2.6%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lane County	Washington County
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.1%
High school graduate	22.8%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lane County	Washington County
Drove alone	67.4%	63.4%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.4%
Public transit	1.9%	3.6%
Walked	4.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.9%	21.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lane County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	61.2%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	13.3%
20 or more units	8.4%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Lane County	Washington County
Poverty rate	15.3%	8.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1977	1990