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Carson is a small town of 2,318 people in Skamania County, Washington. It's about 42 miles from Portland, OR. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 41°F, with about 26 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $490k and rent runs about $989 a month.
2,318people
$490kTypical home
$989/moRent
79° / 41°Summer / winter
26"Snow
226Sunny days
158Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,318
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 484 people per sq mi
- 42 mi to Portland, OR
- 42 mi to Portland, OR
- 27 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $490k (≈$3,092/mo)
- Median rent $989/mo
- Median household income $69k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 41°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 226 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 139 cloudy days a year
- 58 of 90 winter days are gray
- 158 days a year with rain or snow
- 26" of snow a year
- 8 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (65 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (452 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 54
- 17% of households have kids
- 26% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 9% walk or take transit to work
- 39 mi to PDX airport
- 39 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 42 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 73% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 528 ft
- 72 mi to the ocean
- 168 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 25 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 57 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 9 bars within 25 mi
- 26 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 9 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 30 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 33% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 35 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 14 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 36 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Skamania County: R+11 in 2024
- Washington: D+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.