Cities / Oregon / River Road

River Road, OR

8,675 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

8,675

Median age

39.3

Median household income

$81,589

Poverty rate

14.5%

Unemployment rate

7.0%

Bachelor's degree+

33.7%

Avg. commute

17 min

Hispanic or Latino

14.4%

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

Housing & Rent

Median home value

$397,800

Median gross rent

$1,633/mo

Homeownership rate

66.89%

HUD FMR — 2 bedroom

$1,436

HUD Fair Market Rent (Oregon statewide average across 36 areas — not specific to River Road), 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).