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Country around Powers is a rural area of about 842 people in Coos County, Oregon, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 48 miles from Grants Pass, OR and 199 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 75°F and winter highs 50°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $218k and rent runs about $1k a month.
842people
$218kTypical home
$1,201/moRent
75° / 50°Summer / winter
1"Snow
206Sunny days
138Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 842 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 17 people per sq mi
- 199 mi to Portland, OR
- 48 mi to Grants Pass, OR
- 38 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $218k (≈$1,373/mo)
- Median rent $1,201/mo
- Median household income $50k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 12.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 75°F
- Winter highs around 50°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 206 sunny days a year (70 totally clear)
- 159 cloudy days a year
- 59 of 90 winter days are gray
- 138 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
- Low violent crime (210 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,671 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 52
- 25% of households have kids
- 32% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 40 mi to OTH airport
- 203 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 119 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 1,329 ft
- 21 mi to the ocean
- 105 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 88 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 25 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 7 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 33 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 9% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 20 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 40 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 14 mi to the nearest vet
- 23 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 49 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