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Cascade Locks is a small town of 1,378 people in Hood River County, Oregon. It's about 39 miles from Portland, OR. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 18 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $385k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,378people
$385kTypical home
$1,260/moRent
80° / 42°Summer / winter
18"Snow
226Sunny days
170Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,378
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 661 people per sq mi
- 39 mi to Portland, OR
- 39 mi to Portland, OR
- 24 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $385k (≈$2,428/mo)
- Median rent $1,260/mo
- Median household income $70k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 42°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
- 170 days a year with rain or snow
- 18" of snow a year
- 5 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 (79 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,075 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 52
- 24% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 33% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 36 mi to PDX airport
- 36 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 44 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 82% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 171 ft
- 72 mi to the ocean
- 173 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 22 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 88 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 12 bars within 25 mi
- 35 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 9 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 27 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 37% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 35 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 33 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Hood River County: D+36 in 2024
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- 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.