Umatilla County, Oregon

County Distress Index: Elevated · 60.5 | 80,053 people · 12th most distressed in Oregon

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Umatilla County, OR registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 60.5 — 794th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Employment & Wages, where unemployment is elevated, wages are low relative to housing costs, and business formation lags. Within Oregon, it ranks 12th of 36 counties. It scores higher than all 7 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Umatilla County's primary driver is Employment & Wages at 74.4 — above the national median.

Employment & Wages Primary driver 74.4
Unemployment Rate 88
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 64
Business Formation Rate 71
Income & Poverty 69.8
Poverty Rate 70
Income vs. State Median 70
Child Poverty Rate 69
Housing Cost Burden 62.3
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 57
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 43
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 60
Homeownership Rate 80
Rent-to-Income Ratio 72
Community Vulnerability 55.5
Uninsured Rate 41
Disability Rate 70
Debt & Delinquency 40.8
Debt in Collections 42
Medical Debt 24
Student Loan Delinquency 20
Auto Loan Delinquency 38
Credit Card Delinquency 61
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 59

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

Neighbors and Peers

How Umatilla County compares to its 7 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Umatilla County
Umatilla County, OR 60.5 Elevated
Union County, OR 58.1 Elevated -2.5
Grant County, OR 57.6 Elevated -2.9
Walla Walla County, WA 54.8 Elevated -5.8
Wallowa County, OR 48.0 Normal -12.5
Benton County, WA 45.3 Normal -15.3
Columbia County, WA 44.5 Normal -16.0
Morrow County, OR 41.4 Normal -19.1

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Umatilla County
Pearl River County, MS 60.5 Elevated 0.0
Cleveland County, NC 60.5 Elevated -0.0
Jefferson County, OH 60.6 Elevated +0.0
Gibson County, TN 60.6 Elevated +0.1
Taylor County, TX 60.4 Elevated -0.1

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