Clatsop County, Oregon

County Distress Index: Elevated · 59.3 | 41,102 people · 14th most distressed in Oregon

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Clatsop County, OR registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 59.3 — 885th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Housing Cost Burden, where a large share of households spend more than 30% of income on housing. Within Oregon, it ranks 14th of 36 counties. It scores higher than all 5 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Clatsop County's primary driver is Housing Cost Burden at 86.4 — worse than roughly 86% of U.S. counties.

Housing Cost Burden Primary driver 86.4
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 81
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 78
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 94
Homeownership Rate 91
Rent-to-Income Ratio 88
Employment & Wages 67.3
Unemployment Rate 85
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 91
Business Formation Rate 27
Income & Poverty 60.1
Poverty Rate 63
Income vs. State Median 63
Child Poverty Rate 54
Community Vulnerability 57.8
Uninsured Rate 35
Disability Rate 81
Debt & Delinquency 24.8
Debt in Collections 25
Medical Debt 25
Student Loan Delinquency 16
Auto Loan Delinquency 10
Credit Card Delinquency 13
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 61

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Clatsop County compares to its 5 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Clatsop County
Clatsop County, OR 59.3 Elevated
Pacific County, WA 52.4 Elevated -6.9
Tillamook County, OR 51.1 Elevated -8.2
Columbia County, OR 50.4 Elevated -8.9
Wahkiakum County, WA 44.4 Normal -14.9
Washington County, OR 36.1 Normal -23.2

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Clatsop County
Blackford County, IN 59.3 Elevated +0.0
Asotin County, WA 59.3 Elevated -0.0
Bourbon County, KS 59.3 Elevated +0.0
Newton County, MS 59.2 Elevated -0.1
Jasper County, TX 59.4 Elevated +0.1

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