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Bunker Hill is a small town of 1,626 people in Coos County, Oregon. It's about 73 miles from Eugene, OR and 170 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 66°F and winter highs 53°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $228k and rent runs about $905 a month.
1,626people
$228kTypical home
$905/moRent
66° / 53°Summer / winter
0"Snow
146Sunny days
159Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,626
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,114 people per sq mi
- 170 mi to Portland, OR
- 73 mi to Eugene, OR
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $228k (≈$1,435/mo)
- Median rent $905/mo
- Median household income $60k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 66°F
- Winter highs around 53°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 146 sunny days a year (33 totally clear)
- 219 cloudy days a year
- 68 of 90 winter days are gray
- 159 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (210 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,671 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 29% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 14 min
- 12% walk or take transit to work
- 5 mi to OTH airport
- 174 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 123 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 63% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1967
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 177 ft
- Right on the coast
- 123 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 111 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 68 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 5 bars within 25 mi
- 19 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 39 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 44% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 38 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 44 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Coos County: R+20 in 2024
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk