?WhereToHQ

Ranked · Pick an HQ · Oregon

Best cities to put your HQ in Oregon

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Pick an HQ” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Eugene, OR180k residents

    70/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 45.1% · avg. weekly wage: $1,188/wk · corporate income tax: 7.6%

  2. 2.Medford, OR86k residents

    67/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 30.1% · avg. weekly wage: $1,156/wk · corporate income tax: 7.6%

  3. 3.Corvallis, OR60k residents

    66/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 61.4% · avg. weekly wage: $1,344/wk · corporate income tax: 7.6%

  4. 4.Bethany, OR33k residents

    65/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 71.7% · avg. weekly wage: $1,418/wk · corporate income tax: 7.6%

  5. 5.Salem, OR179k residents

    63/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 31.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,044/wk · corporate income tax: 7.6%

  6. 6.Springfield, OR61k residents

    63/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 22.4% · avg. weekly wage: $1,188/wk · corporate income tax: 7.6%

  7. 7.Lake Oswego, OR40k residents

    63/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 74.8% · avg. weekly wage: $1,409/wk · corporate income tax: 7.6%

  8. 8.Grants Pass, OR39k residents

    63/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 19.3% · avg. weekly wage: $989/wk · corporate income tax: 7.6%

  9. 9.Newberg, OR26k residents

    63/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 34.2% · avg. weekly wage: $1,102/wk · corporate income tax: 7.6%

  10. 10.Albany, OR57k residents

    62/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 29.4% · avg. weekly wage: $1,145/wk · corporate income tax: 7.6%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best to put your HQ in Oregon?
Eugene, OR ranks first with a fit score of 70/100, followed by Medford (67) and Corvallis (66), using the "Pick an HQ" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.