A sign advertises apartments for rent in North Portland. (Elliot Njus/Staff/file)

The average Oregon renter can no longer comfortably afford a one-bedroom apartment even while working a full-time job, according to a new report.

The numbers from the National Low Income Housing Coalition's "Out of Reach" report show the escalating impact of rising housing costs across the state.

According to the report, a renter would have to make $36,161 a year to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom rental in Oregon, but the average renter household in the state makes only $36,096.

In the Portland area, even the cost of a studio apartment exceeds the estimated median income for an average renter household. In both the Portland and Corvallis areas, a one-bedroom apartment is over-budget for the median renter household.

For some low-income renters, the outlook is even more bleak. There are only a handful of rural counties where the average one-bedroom apartment is affordable to a renter who works full-time earning the minimum wage.

In most of the state's population centers, rents have risen faster than inflation or wages in recent years. Rents have only recently begun to level off in parts of Portland, where thousands of newly built apartments have come on the market.

The study uses fair-market rents, which are determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to set local values for housing vouchers. It considers housing to be affordable when it consumes less than 30 percent of a household's income, a generally accepted measure of affordability used by the federal government.

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Counties (or metro areas, where they're treated as one unit) in order by the work hours per week needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment:

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The average Hood River County renter would need to work 61 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $901. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment in a 40-hour work week is $17.33.

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The average Wallowa County renter would need to work 53 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $607. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $11.67.

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The average Benton County renter would need to work 53 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $801. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $15.40.

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The average Wasco County renter would need to work 51 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $798. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $15.35.

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The average Portland metro renter would need to work 49 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $1,132. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $21.77.

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The average Grant County renter would need to work 48 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $607. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $11.67.

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The average Malheur County renter would need to work 47 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $537. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $10.33.

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The average Clatsop County renter would need to work 47 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $706. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $13.58.

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The average Coos County renter would need to work 47 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $636. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $12.23.

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The average Lincoln County renter would need to work 45 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $695. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $13.37.

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The average Deschutes County renter would need to work 45 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $806. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $15.50.

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The average Josephine County renter would need to work 45 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $697. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $13.40.

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The average Lane County renter would need to work 43 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $727. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $13.98.

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The average Tillamook County renter would need to work 43 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $632. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $12.15.

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The average Harney County renter would need to work 43 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $586. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $11.27.

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The average Salem metro renter would need to work 42 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $668. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $12.85.

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The average Union County renter would need to work 42 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $559. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $10.75.

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The average Linn County renter would need to work 41 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $689. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $13.25.

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The average Jackson County renter would need to work 41 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $676. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $13.

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The average Umatilla County renter would need to work 40 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $572. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $11.

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The average Klamath County renter would need to work 40 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $576. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $11.08.

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The average Jefferson County renter would need to work 39 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $607. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $11.67.

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The average Curry County renter would need to work 39 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $689. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $13.25.

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The average Douglas County renter would need to work 35 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $571. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $10.98.

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The average Baker County renter would need to work 36 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $529. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $10.17.

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The average Sherman County renter would need to work 34 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $607. The hourly wage needed to afford a typical one-bedroom apartment with a 40-hour work week is $11.67.

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The average Lake County renter would need to work 32 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $539. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $10.37.

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The average Wheeler County renter would need to work 31 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $537. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $10.33.

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The average Crook County renter would need to work 28 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $579. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $11.13.

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The average Morrow County renter would need to work 25 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $524. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $10.08.

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The average Gilliam County renter would need to work 20 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has a fair-market rent of $559. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment with a 40-hour work week is $10.75.

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The average Oregon renter would need to work 45 hours a week to comfortably afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, which has an average fair-market rent of $904. The hourly wage needed to afford that apartment in a 40-hour work week is $17.39.

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-- Elliot Njus

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