Living in Coquille, OR
Coquille is a small town of 4,002 people in Coos County, Oregon. It's about 67 miles from Grants Pass, OR and 180 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 72°F and winter highs 55°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $305k and rent runs about $1k a month.
4,002people
$305kTypical home
$1,157/moRent
72° / 55°Summer / winter
0"Snow
146Sunny days
164Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,002
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,448 people per sq mi
- 180 mi to Portland, OR
- 67 mi to Grants Pass, OR
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $305k (≈$1,920/mo)
- Median rent $1,157/mo
- Median household income $58k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 72°F
- Winter highs around 55°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 146 sunny days a year (33 totally clear)
- 219 cloudy days a year
- 68 of 90 winter days are gray
- 164 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (137 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,164 per 100k)
People
- Median age 43
- 30% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to OTH airport
- 184 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 121 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1966
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 59 ft
- 11 mi to the ocean
- 117 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 106 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 11 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
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 37 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 33% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 35 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 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