# Linn County, Oregon: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Albany, Lebanon and Sweet Home Linn County sits inside the data center build-out. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Linn County. Linn County is home to most of Albany (47,669 of its 56,894 residents), Lebanon, Sweet Home and Harrisburg. Construction employs 3,228, down 0.3% since 2019. Unemployment was 5.3% in August 2026, against 4.3% in 2019. Owners plan to retire 10 MW more by 2035, led by Carmen Smith in 2030. 1 data centers on the SAVRN Data Center Map -22.2% electrical contractor jobs since 2019, now 474 245 MW of operating power plants, mostly hydro ## Cities and towns in Linn County Linn County is home to most of Albany (47,669 of its 56,894 residents), Lebanon, Sweet Home and Harrisburg. Albany47,669 residents · 84% of the city Lebanon20,267 residents Sweet Home10,308 residents Harrisburg3,765 residents Millersburg3,583 residents Brownsville1,904 residents Mill City1,749 residents · 82% of the city Tangent1,245 residents Lyons1,226 residents Scio959 residents Halsey946 residents Sodaville368 residents Waterloo230 residents Idanha74 residents · 47% of the city - Albany also extends into [Benton County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon/benton-county). - Mill City also extends into [Marion County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon/marion-county). Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Cascadia, Crabtree, Crawfordsville, Holley, Lacomb, Peoria, Shedd, South Lebanon, West Scio. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Linn County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Oregon | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 128,950 | 132,843 | ▲ 3.0% | 8th of 36 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 47,872 | 48,405 | ▲ 1.1% | 19th of 36 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $45,212 | $59,532 | ▲ 31.7% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 3,237 | 3,228 | ▼ 0.3% | 19th of 25 by growth | | Electrical contractor jobs (2019 → 2025) | 609 | 474 | ▼ 22.2% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 4.3% | 5.3% | ▲ 1.0pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 5 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | 5 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. Its power plants have 245 MW of capacity, 89% of it hydro. PacifiCorp is the largest utility serving Linn County, one of 5 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 14.02¢/kWh in 2024, above the 11.02¢ median for Oregon utilities. Employers here counted 48,405 jobs in 2025, up 1.1% from 2019. 132,843 people live here, up 3.0% since 2020, 8th of 36 Oregon counties by population. Electrical contractors employ 474, down 22.2% since 2019 against up 12.8% statewide, at an average $97,028 a year. ## Who powers Linn County ### Utilities with service territory in Linn County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | PacifiCorp | Investor Owned | Bundled | 547,235 | 14.02¢ | 47% | | Central Electric Coop Inc - (OR) | Cooperative | Bundled | 34,562 | 9.75¢ | 17% | | Emerald People's Utility Dist | Political Subdivision | Bundled | 19,968 | 11.05¢ | 24% | | Consumers Power, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 18,751 | 13.01¢ | 25% | | Bonneville Power Administration | Federal | Bundled | — | — | 100% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Hydro | 219 MW | 89% | | Other technologies | 21 MW | 9% | | Solar | 5 MW | 2% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Carmen Smith | Eugene Water & Electric Board | Hydro | 114 MW | 1963 | | Green Peter | USACE Northwestern Division | Hydro | 80 MW | 1967 | | Evergreen BioPower LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | Other technologies | 21 MW | 2007 | | Foster | USACE Northwestern Division | Hydro | 20 MW | 1968 | | Falls Creek | Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC | Hydro | 4 MW | 1984 | | Marble Solar LLC (CSG) | SolRiver Capital LLC | Solar | 3 MW | 2024 | ### Scheduled to retire | Plant | Technology | MW | Year | |---|---|---|---| | Carmen Smith | Hydro | 10 MW | 2030 | ## The Linn County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 48,405 | $59,532 | 1.00 | | Construction | 3,228 | $76,495 | 1.26 | | Electrical contractors | 474 | $97,028 | 1.36 | | Power and communication line construction | 67 | $103,068 | 0.86 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Linn County 1 data center in Linn County is on the SAVRN Data Center Map. ## Linn County and its neighbors Of the 6 counties that border Linn County, Jefferson County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Linn County | 132,843 | ▲ 1.1% | 245 MW | — | 1 | — | | Benton County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon/benton-county) | 97,728 | ▲ 0.9% | 12 MW | — | 1 | — | | Deschutes County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon/deschutes-county) | 213,072 | ▲ 10.1% | 51 MW | — | 3 | — | | Jefferson County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon/jefferson-county) | 25,740 | ▲ 2.0% | 532 MW | 494 MW | — | — | | Lane County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon/lane-county) | 381,584 | ▼ 0.7% | 284 MW | — | 6 | — | | Marion County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon/marion-county) | 355,777 | ▲ 10.7% | 177 MW | — | 2 | — | | Polk County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon/polk-county) | 90,037 | ▲ 0.9% | 26 MW | — | — | — | ## More of Oregon [All Oregon countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon)[Lane County381,584 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon/lane-county)[Marion County355,777 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon/marion-county)[Deschutes County213,072 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon/deschutes-county)[Benton County97,728 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon/benton-county)[Polk County90,037 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon/polk-county) ## Linn County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Linn County, Oregon? 5 utilities have service territory in Linn County in the EIA-861 2024 report: PacifiCorp, Central Electric Coop Inc - (OR), Emerald People's Utility Dist, Consumers Power, Inc. The largest, PacifiCorp, charged residential customers 14.02¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What county is Albany, OR in? Most of Albany is in Linn County: 47,669 of its 56,894 residents, or 84%. The rest of the city lies in Benton County. ### What county is Lebanon, OR in? Lebanon is in Linn County, Oregon. About 20,267 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What county is Sweet Home, OR in? Sweet Home is in Linn County, Oregon. About 10,308 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What power plants are in Linn County? 8 operating plants with 245 MW of capacity. The largest is Carmen Smith (114 MW, hydro). ### Are there data centers in Linn County? Yes. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Linn County. ### Is Linn County adding jobs? Employers counted 48,405 jobs in 2025 against 47,872 in 2019 (+1.1%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 3,237 to 3,228. ### Does Linn County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Linn County. Oregon has 7 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oregon/linn-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).