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Brownsville is a small town of 1,912 people in Linn County, Oregon. It's about 17 miles from Albany, OR and 81 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 48°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $373k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,912people
$373kTypical home
$1,665/moRent
84° / 48°Summer / winter
1"Snow
190Sunny days
140Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,912
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,424 people per sq mi
- 81 mi to Portland, OR
- 17 mi to Albany, OR
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $373k (≈$2,352/mo)
- Median rent $1,665/mo
- Median household income $83k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 190 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 175 cloudy days a year
- 65 of 90 winter days are gray
- 140 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (200 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,306 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 27% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 26% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 22 mi to EUG airport
- 85 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 101 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 358 ft
- 51 mi to the ocean
- 132 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 54 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 13 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 324 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 60 bars within 25 mi
- 168 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 19 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 11 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 44% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 10 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 20 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 11 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 19 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Linn County: R+24 in 2024
- 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
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk