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Creswell is a big small town of 5,621 people in Lane County, Oregon. It's about 11 miles from Eugene, OR and 113 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $436k and rent runs about $1k a month.
5,621people
$436kTypical home
$1,218/moRent
82° / 48°Summer / winter
2"Snow
203Sunny days
174Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,621
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,276 people per sq mi
- 113 mi to Portland, OR
- 11 mi to Eugene, OR
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $436k (≈$2,746/mo)
- Median rent $1,218/mo
- Median household income $100k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 1.0% 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
- 174 days a year with rain or snow
- 2" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (274 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,953 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 40% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to EUG airport
- 117 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 79 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1999
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 551 ft
- 55 mi to the ocean
- 104 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 54 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 294 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 57 bars within 25 mi
- 136 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- 10 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 39% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 8 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 9 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