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Cost of living in Talent, Oregon

Talent, Oregon has about 6,254 people. Typical rent is $1,579 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $62,543 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #97 in Oregon on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,579 a month.

Talent is a city in Oregon. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $62,543 a year.

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People
6,254
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,579
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$62,543
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$405,300
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,539
Medford, OR MSA

Talent, Oregon has about 6,254 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $405,300.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Jackson County is $1,539 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Talent. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Medford, OR metro area, prices sit at 101.4 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Oregon taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 0.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Talent's exact store tax.

Some places in Oregon add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.18% of income. That is not a Talent bill.

In July 2026, a typical Oregon home paid 15.97¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Talent's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Oregon in the table we use.

Among 208 places we list in Oregon with a rent figure, 65 have higher typical rent than Talent.

Nearby places

EBT nearby

USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Bigger places in Oregon

Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.