Eugene-Springfield, OR Metro Area

The Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area is one county in Oregon: Lane County. About 381,584 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 0.4% fewer than in April 2020.

Lane County, centralEugene
Lane County in Oregon
Population, July 2025
381,584 0.4% fewer than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
County
Lane County
Land area
4,554 sq mi (11,795 km²)
Time zone
Pacific TimeUTC-08:00 in January; UTC-07:00 in July
State
Oregon
CBSA code
21660

The county in the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Lane CountyCentral381,584

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Eugene179,591 people
  2. Springfield61,499 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Corvallis, OR Metro Area36 mi north
  2. Albany, OR Metro Area39 mi north
  3. Roseburg, OR Micro Area59 mi south
  4. Newport, OR Micro Area60 mi northwest
  5. Bend, OR Metro Area90 mi east
  6. Klamath Falls, OR Micro Area144 mi southeast

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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