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Altamont is a small city of 19,927 people in Klamath County, Oregon. It's about 58 miles from Medford, OR and 235 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 51 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $249k and rent runs about $1k a month.
19,927people
$249kTypical home
$1,015/moRent
86° / 42°Summer / winter
51"Snow
256Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 19,927
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 2,472 people per sq mi
- 235 mi to Portland, OR
- 58 mi to Medford, OR
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $249k (≈$1,571/mo)
- Median rent $1,015/mo
- Median household income $59k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 42°F
- Dry summers (dew point 42°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (135 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 51" of snow a year
- 20 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 10 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (290 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,120 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 38
- 33% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 22% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 17 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 60 mi to MFR airport
- 213 mi to RNO (major hub)
- 70 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 74% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 4,137 ft
- 128 mi to the ocean
- 6 mi to a big lake
- 15 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 51 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 51 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 11 bars within 25 mi
- 13 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 50 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 42% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 25 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 56 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 21 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Klamath County: R+42 in 2024
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Low volcano risk