Living in Dayville, OR
Dayville is a tiny town of 206 people in Grant County, Oregon. It's about 92 miles from Bend, OR and 169 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 23 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $220k and rent runs about $1k a month.
206people
$220kTypical home
$1,031/moRent
92° / 45°Summer / winter
23"Snow
225Sunny days
101Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 206
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 392 people per sq mi
- 169 mi to Portland, OR
- 92 mi to Bend, OR
- 67 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $220k (≈$1,389/mo)
- Median rent $1,031/mo
- Median household income $54k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Dry summers (dew point 43°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (105 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 54 of 90 winter days are gray
- 101 days a year with rain or snow
- 23" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 13 days a year over 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
People
- Median age 50
- 17% of households have kids
- 32% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 81 mi to RDM airport
- 169 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 108 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 2,359 ft
- 213 mi to the ocean
- 78 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 72 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 90 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 2% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 31 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 81 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 65 mi to the nearest vet
- 65 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 84 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grant County: R+60 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
- Low volcano risk