Medford, Oregon demographics

Medford, OR demographics: median age 38.9; 30.1% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Medford city, Oregon · Incorporated city · GEOID 4147000. The survey estimates a population of 86,315 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Medford is 38.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.1 years. There are 34,813 households (±886). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	38.9 ±1.1	40.4 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 86,315
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oregon	U.S.
Under 18	19,753 ±1,012	22.9% ±1.2 pp	19.9%	22.0%
18–34	19,312 ±997	22.4% ±1.2 pp	22.5%	22.8%
35–64	30,382 ±1,417	35.2% ±1.6 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	16,868 ±915	19.5% ±1.1 pp	19.1%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 86,315
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oregon	U.S.
Male	43,027 ±849	49.8% ±1.0 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	43,288 ±863	50.2% ±1.0 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 86,315
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oregon	U.S.
White alone	65,500 ±1,387	75.9% ±1.6 pp	74.6%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	961 ±231	1.1% ±0.3 pp	1.9%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	658 ±312	0.8% ±0.4 pp	1.1%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,246 ±299	1.4% ±0.3 pp	4.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	58 ±62 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	3,619 ±748	4.2% ±0.9 pp	5.2%	7.1%
Two or more races	14,273 ±1,435	16.5% ±1.7 pp	12.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 86,315
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oregon	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	70,805 ±1,329	82.0% ±1.5 pp	85.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15,510 ±1,324	18.0% ±1.5 pp	14.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 34,813
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oregon	U.S.
Married-couple family	15,622 ±737	44.9% ±1.8 pp	46.7%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,804 ±324	5.2% ±0.9 pp	4.9%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	4,177 ±484	12.0% ±1.4 pp	10.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	10,473 ±833	30.1% ±2.3 pp	28.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	2,737 ±486	7.9% ±1.4 pp	9.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 34,813
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oregon	U.S.
Households with people under 18	10,666 ±575	30.6% ±1.5 pp	27.2%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	24,147 ±1,039	69.4% ±2.4 pp	72.8%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 34,813
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oregon	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	10,473 ±833	30.1% ±2.3 pp	28.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	11,371 ±772	32.7% ±2.1 pp	36.7%	33.8%
Three-person households	5,551 ±605	15.9% ±1.7 pp	15.0%	15.3%
Four-person households	3,958 ±517	11.4% ±1.5 pp	11.8%	12.6%
Five-person households	2,387 ±453	6.9% ±1.3 pp	5.0%	5.9%
Six-person households	713 ±298	2.0% ±0.9 pp	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	360 ±137	1.0% ±0.4 pp	1.2%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 86,315
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oregon	U.S.
Native	80,700 ±863	93.5% ±1.0 pp	90.2%	85.9%
Foreign born	5,615 ±854	6.5% ±1.0 pp	9.8%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 81,768
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oregon	U.S.
English only	72,885 ±1,316	89.1% ±1.5 pp	84.8%	77.7%
Spanish	7,109 ±1,057	8.7% ±1.3 pp	9.0%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	64 ±45 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	511 ±271 · low precision	0.6% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	197 ±115 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	393 ±194	0.5% ±0.2 pp	1.0%	2.0%
Korean	28 ±29 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	64 ±56 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.8%	1.1%
Vietnamese	48 ±54 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	120 ±67 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	162 ±110 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	6 ±10 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	181 ±235 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 60,277
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oregon	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	5,397 ±703	9.0% ±1.2 pp	8.2%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	16,139 ±1,220	26.8% ±2.0 pp	22.4%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	15,271 ±1,133	25.3% ±1.8 pp	23.5%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	5,328 ±659	8.8% ±1.1 pp	9.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	11,827 ±1,070	19.6% ±1.7 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6,315 ±659	10.5% ±1.1 pp	14.1%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 85,245
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Oregon	U.S.
Same house	72,521 ±1,452	85.1% ±1.7 pp	86.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	8,315 ±1,262	9.8% ±1.5 pp	7.0%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,562 ±464	1.8% ±0.5 pp	3.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	2,558 ±521	3.0% ±0.6 pp	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	289 ±157 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

5.7% of Medford residents (±0.8 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 5.9% in Oregon and 8.4% nationally. 91.6% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Medford	Oregon	U.S.	Compared with Oregon
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	5.7% ±0.8 pp	5.9%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.6% ±3.3 pp	92.4%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	9.0% ±1.1 pp	7.2%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Medford . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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