Medford, OR Metro Area
The Medford, OR metro area is one county in Oregon: Jackson County. About 221,795 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 0.7% fewer than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 221,795 0.7% fewer than in April 2020
- Type
- Metropolitan statistical area
- County
- Jackson County
- Land area
- 2,783 sq mi (7,209 km²)
- Time zone
- Pacific TimeUTC-08:00 in January; UTC-07:00 in July
- State
- Oregon
- Combined statistical area
- Medford-Grants Pass, OR
- CBSA code
- 32780
The county in the Medford, OR metro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson County | Central | 221,795 |
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 city
- Medford86,315 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.
Part of the Medford-Grants Pass, OR combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other area in this one is
- Grants Pass, OR Metro Area87,867 people
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.
- Grants Pass, OR Metro Area25 mi west
- Klamath Falls, OR Micro Area55 mi east
- Roseburg, OR Micro Area66 mi north
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