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River Road, Oregon.

A community in Lane County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Lane County’s.

Living in River Road, Lane County, Oregon

River Road, in Lane County, had 8,732 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $81,589 a year and half less, against $71,544 across Lane County; 14% of its people live below the poverty line. 67% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 33% are rented. Unemployment in Lane County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 8,732 in the 2020 census; median age 39.3
Household income $81,589 the median, give or take $11,936 · Lane County: $71,544
Unemployment 5.3% Lane County, August 2026; 5.6% a year before
Homes 67% lived in by their owners; 33% rented
  • 3,349households
  • 34%of adults have a degree
  • 14%below the poverty line
  • 19 mintypical commute
  • 14%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Manufacturing14%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%
  • Building trades6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lane County had 156,948 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 47° and 34°; warmest in August, 84° and 52° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J F M A M J J A 84° 52° S O N D 47° 34°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 47° and 34°; warmest in August, 84° and 52° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J F M A M J J A 84° 52° S O N D 47° 34°

Coldest in December, with highs near 47° and lows near 34°; warmest in August, with highs near 84° and lows near 52°. About 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Eugene Mahlon Sweet Airport weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Lane County

  1. University of OregonUniversity or college5,591
  2. Shmc-riverbendGeneral hospital2,401FTE
  3. Eugene SD 4JSchool district2,078FTE
  4. Springfield SD 19School district1,307FTE
  5. New Horizons - Oregon North - EugeneCompanion services for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities797
  6. Lane Community CollegeTwo-year college781
  7. Mckenzie-willamette HospitalGeneral hospital777FTE
  8. Bethel SD 52School district759FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 352 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 37,418 people in all across the county; River Road has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Inland floodingVery high
  2. EarthquakesRelatively high
  3. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate
  5. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in River Road’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Lane County.