Rogue River is a very small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 2,357 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rogue River is the 136th largest community in Oregon.Unlike some cities, Rogue River isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rogue River are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rogue River is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rogue River who work in office and administrative support (11.90%), healthcare suport services (8.50%), and business and financial occupations (6.65%). Also of interest is that Rogue River has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.88% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Rogue River has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Rogue River a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small city, Rogue River does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Rogue River who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.86% of the adults in Rogue River have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Rogue River in 2022 was $31,344, which is lower middle income relative to Oregon, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,376 for a family of four. However, Rogue River contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Rogue River home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rogue River residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Rogue River include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Rogue River is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Armenian.
