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Oregon has 10.1 public charging ports per 10,000 residents. We ranked 75 towns of 5,000+ people by ports per resident, and by how many licensed electrical and HVAC contractors are based there.
Most public charging ports per 10,000 residents
# Town Population Ports per 10k Public ports Licensed installers
1 Sutherlin 8,643 67.1 58 (55 DC fast) 7 2 Hood River 8,350 63.5 53 (32 DC fast) 12 3 Madras 7,764 55.4 43 (32 DC fast) 3 4 Ashland 20,935 42.0 88 (25 DC fast) 7 5 Creswell 5,615 35.6 20 (20 DC fast) 8 6 Warrenton 6,324 34.8 22 (16 DC fast) 4 7 Newport 10,833 32.3 35 (13 DC fast) 8 8 Florence 9,504 31.6 30 (8 DC fast) 8 9 Lincoln City 10,034 27.9 28 (17 DC fast) 3 10 Seaside 7,110 25.3 18 (8 DC fast) 5 11 Astoria 9,906 24.2 24 (8 DC fast) 9 12 Tillamook 5,157 23.3 12 (3 DC fast) 5 13 Lake Oswego 40,029 22.7 91 (10 DC fast) 11 14 Klamath Falls 22,174 21.6 48 (30 DC fast) 14 15 Troutdale 15,749 21.0 33 (13 DC fast) 13 16 Ontario 11,957 20.9 25 (16 DC fast) 8 17 Sandy 12,990 20.8 27 (16 DC fast) 9 18 North Bend 10,049 18.9 19 (6 DC fast) 7 19 Hillsboro 110,337 18.2 201 (29 DC fast) 25 20 Oregon City 38,327 17.2 66 33 21 Woodburn 30,449 16.7 51 (20 DC fast) 13 22 Beaverton 98,302 15.9 156 (45 DC fast) 36 23 Prineville 11,917 15.9 19 (3 DC fast) 15 24 Fairview 10,796 15.7 17 (16 DC fast) 2 25 Roseburg 23,795 14.7 35 (7 DC fast) 17
Charging deserts: larger towns with the fewest ports per resident
Towns of 25,000+ residents. Fewer public ports makes a home charger more valuable: see EV charger rebates for your zip .
# Town Population Ports per 10k Public ports Licensed installers
1 Happy Valley 28,969 1.4 4 9 2 West Linn 26,597 2.3 6 4 3 Albany 57,156 3.5 20 (7 DC fast) 17 4 Springfield 61,182 5.2 32 (25 DC fast) 32 5 Forest Grove 27,076 5.9 16 (4 DC fast) 10 6 Mcminnville 35,255 6.8 24 (6 DC fast) 15 7 Keizer 39,152 7.4 29 (16 DC fast) 6 8 Gresham 111,507 7.6 85 (6 DC fast) 28 9 Redmond 37,626 7.7 29 (9 DC fast) 41 10 Eugene 178,786 10.0 179 (40 DC fast) 58 11 Portland 635,749 10.1 640 (122 DC fast) 181 12 Corvallis 61,993 10.2 63 (5 DC fast) 18 13 Bend 106,926 10.9 117 (31 DC fast) 99 14 Medford 86,301 11.1 96 (53 DC fast) 35 15 Tualatin 28,036 11.1 31 (1 DC fast) 9 16 Grants Pass 39,468 11.4 45 (31 DC fast) 31 17 Wilsonville 27,895 12.9 36 (16 DC fast) 12 18 Salem 180,406 13.2 238 (39 DC fast) 93 19 Newberg 27,136 14.4 39 (7 DC fast) 10 20 Beaverton 98,302 15.9 156 (45 DC fast) 36 21 Woodburn 30,449 16.7 51 (20 DC fast) 13 22 Oregon City 38,327 17.2 66 33 23 Hillsboro 110,337 18.2 201 (29 DC fast) 25 24 Lake Oswego 40,029 22.7 91 (10 DC fast) 11
Most licensed installers per 10,000 residents
# Town Population Installers per 10k Public ports Licensed installers
1 Hood River 8,350 14.4 53 (32 DC fast) 12 2 Silverton 10,391 14.4 13 (2 DC fast) 15 3 Estacada 5,591 14.3 8 8 4 Creswell 5,615 14.2 20 (20 DC fast) 8 5 Central Point 19,128 14.1 7 (5 DC fast) 27 6 Prineville 11,917 12.6 19 (3 DC fast) 15 7 Molalla 10,134 10.9 1 11 8 Redmond 37,626 10.9 29 (9 DC fast) 41 9 Brookings 6,493 10.8 4 (1 DC fast) 7 10 Eagle Point 9,811 10.2 0 10 11 Tillamook 5,157 9.7 12 (3 DC fast) 5 12 Bend 106,926 9.3 117 (31 DC fast) 99 13 Astoria 9,906 9.1 24 (8 DC fast) 9 14 Hermiston 19,746 9.1 18 (6 DC fast) 18 15 Oregon City 38,327 8.6 66 33 16 Philomath 5,795 8.6 4 5 17 Florence 9,504 8.4 30 (8 DC fast) 8 18 Canby 18,027 8.3 3 (1 DC fast) 15 19 Troutdale 15,749 8.3 33 (13 DC fast) 13 20 Sutherlin 8,643 8.1 58 (55 DC fast) 7 21 Grants Pass 39,468 7.9 45 (31 DC fast) 31 22 Talent 6,306 7.9 7 5 23 Veneta 5,194 7.7 2 (1 DC fast) 4 24 Coos Bay 15,801 7.6 23 (15 DC fast) 12 25 Newport 10,833 7.4 35 (13 DC fast) 8
Method and sources
Charging ports: open public Level 2 and DC fast ports listed by the U.S. Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center, placed inside municipal boundaries (Census TIGER) by each station's coordinates. A 0 means no public port is listed for that municipality; private, workplace-only and planned chargers are not counted.
Population: U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates for the municipality.
Installers: contractors whose state license record lists a business address in the town or its zip codes (how we use license data ).
Updated 2026-10-11. Journalists and researchers may cite these figures with a link to this page.