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Crooked River Ranch is a big small town of 5,160 people in Jefferson County, Oregon. It's about 25 miles from Bend, OR and 102 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 16 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $462k and rent runs about $1k a month.
5,160people
$462kTypical home
$1,389/moRent
87° / 43°Summer / winter
16"Snow
223Sunny days
78Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,160
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 249 people per sq mi
- 102 mi to Portland, OR
- 25 mi to Bend, OR
- 12 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $462k (≈$2,915/mo)
- Median rent $1,389/mo
- Median household income $86k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Dry summers (dew point 46°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (99 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 54 of 90 winter days are gray
- 78 days a year with rain or snow
- 16" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 11 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (40 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (242 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 57
- 18% of households have kids
- 32% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 13 mi to RDM airport
- 103 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 87 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1998
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 2,792 ft
- 135 mi to the ocean
- 128 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 29 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 23 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 109 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 16 bars within 25 mi
- 45 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 13 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 53 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 38% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 20 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 32 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 11 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 13 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Jefferson County: R+30 in 2024
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Moderate 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.