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Cottage Grove is a big small town of 10,698 people in Lane County, Oregon. It's about 18 miles from Eugene, OR and 122 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $347k and rent runs about $1k a month.
10,698people
$347kTypical home
$1,254/moRent
82° / 48°Summer / winter
3"Snow
203Sunny days
168Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 10,698
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 2,757 people per sq mi
- 122 mi to Portland, OR
- 18 mi to Eugene, OR
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $347k (≈$2,186/mo)
- Median rent $1,254/mo
- Median household income $81k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 203 sunny days a year (89 totally clear)
- 162 cloudy days a year
- 63 of 90 winter days are gray
- 168 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (185 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,394 per 100k)
People
- Median age 39
- 32% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 22% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 24 mi to EUG airport
- 126 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 75 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 650 ft
- 51 mi to the ocean
- 97 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 53 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 284 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 54 bars within 25 mi
- 131 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- 10 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 49% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 18 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 17 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lane County: D+23 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