Cities / Oregon / Elgin

Elgin, OR

1,603 people

Right Now

Active Weather Alerts

Small Craft Advisory (statewide feed)

Small Craft Advisory — S of Currituck Beach Light NC to Oregon Inlet NC out to 20 NM
Small Craft Advisory — S of Oregon Inlet NC to Cape Hatteras NC out to 20 NM; S of Cape Hatteras NC to Ocracoke Inlet NC out to 20 NM

Population & People

Population

1,603

Median age

36.6

Median household income

$57,750

Poverty rate

10.4%

Unemployment rate

1.5%

Bachelor's degree+

9.9%

Avg. commute

23 min

Hispanic or Latino

3.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Housing & Rent

Median home value

$191,300

Median gross rent

$992/mo

Homeownership rate

64.26%

HUD FMR — 2 bedroom

$1,436

HUD Fair Market Rent (Oregon statewide average across 36 areas — not specific to Elgin), 2026. Efficiency $1059, 1BR $1151, 2BR $1436, 3BR $1978, 4BR $2335. This is a different official figure from Census median gross rent above.

Energy

Oregon commercial electricity

10.56¢/kWh

Oregon industrial electricity

8.28¢/kWh

Oregon residential electricity

15.37¢/kWh

Economy

Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

342850.1

Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

265993.2

All-Transactions House Price Index for Oregon

855.4

Unemployment Rate

5.2%

Source: FRED, Oregon-specific series.

Nearby Airports

Sources & Data: National Weather Service (weather, alerts), EPA AirNow (air quality), U.S. Census Bureau (population, housing), HUD (Fair Market Rent), U.S. Energy Information Administration (Oregon energy prices), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Oregon economic indicators), OurAirports (airport directory).