Rogue River, Oregon.
Typical home $471,148 (+1.8% in a year). Medford, OR metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,294 (+110%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $8,231 +2%
- $462,917$471,148 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $33,921 +8%
- $437,227$471,148 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Rogue River$2,473
- Oregon$2,586
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 46 years.
Typical home values in Rogue River, OR rose 1.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Rogue River, Jackson County, Oregon
Rogue River is a city of 2,407 people in Jackson County. Half its households earn more than $54,537 a year and half less, against $73,999 across Jackson County; 13% of its people live below the poverty line. 56% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 44% are rented. Unemployment in Jackson County was 5.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Jackson County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Rogue River is a small city in Jackson County, Oregon, with a population that keeps it on a small-town scale. Incomes here run well below the county's, and more households live below the poverty line than you might expect from the home values, which are high. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many places. Winters are cool and wet with very little snow, and summers turn hot by August.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, restaurants and hotels, and professional and business services. Across Jackson County, some of the largest workplaces are Medford Schools, Providence Medford Medical Center and Lithia Motors. The typical commute is moderate, and a modest number of people work from home. Unemployment across the county has held about steady over the past year, and the number of jobs has edged up.
Things to do. Valley of the Rogue State Park and Palmerton Arboretum are both in or beside town, and Birdseye Creek runs close by, so green space and creekside walks are easy to reach. Fort Lane, a historic fort site, is a short drive away. For a longer outing, Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve is a longer drive away.
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- 1,104households
- 21%of adults have a degree
- 13%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What people in Jackson County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jackson County had 91,966 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 46° and lows near 35°; warmest in August, with highs near 91° and lows near 55°. About 1 inches of snow and 31 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Grants Pass weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Jackson County
- Medford SD 549CSchool district1,538FTE
- Flowers.com,IncMail-order houses1,459
- City Of MedfordGeneral services departments, government863
- Providence Medford Medical CenterGeneral hospital842FTE
- Lithia MotorsNew car dealers840
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs770
- Rogue Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital755FTE
- Amy's KitchenSoups, frozen, manufacturing700
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 210 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 21,275 people in all across the county; Rogue River has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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
- WildfireVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Rogue River’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 Jackson County and the Medford, OR metro.
Rogue River home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Rogue River$471,148
- Oregon$492,753
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Rogue River listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Rogue River30.53%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Rogue River52
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Rogue River10
Zip codes with a Rogue River address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Rogue River — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.