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Aurora is a small town of 1,030 people in Marion County, Oregon. It's about 22 miles from Portland, OR. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 1 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $525k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,030people
$525kTypical home
$2,167/moRent
83° / 48°Summer / winter
1"Snow
176Sunny days
164Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,030
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,128 people per sq mi
- 22 mi to Portland, OR
- 22 mi to Portland, OR
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $525k (≈$3,311/mo)
- Median rent $2,167/mo
- Median household income $108k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 176 sunny days a year (81 totally clear)
- 189 cloudy days a year
- 68 of 90 winter days are gray
- 164 days a year with rain or snow
- 1" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (302 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,989 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 52
- 25% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 41% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 25 mi to SLE airport
- 26 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 92 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1996
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 167 ft
- 58 mi to the ocean
- 184 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 48 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 50 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,830 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 436 bars within 25 mi
- 702 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 25 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 66 museums within 25 mi
- 34 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 11 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 29% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 12 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 10 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Marion County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- High volcano risk