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Depoe Bay is a small town of 1,782 people in Lincoln County, Oregon. It's about 42 miles from Corvallis, OR and 85 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 65°F and winter highs 53°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $378k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,782people
$378kTypical home
$1,622/moRent
65° / 53°Summer / winter
0"Snow
130Sunny days
171Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,782
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 984 people per sq mi
- 85 mi to Portland, OR
- 42 mi to Corvallis, OR
- 13 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $378k (≈$2,382/mo)
- Median rent $1,622/mo
- Median household income $85k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 12.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 65°F
- Winter highs around 53°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 130 sunny days a year (30 totally clear)
- 235 cloudy days a year
- 71 of 90 winter days are gray
- 171 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 (243 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,179 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 56
- 15% of households have kids
- 35% are 65 or older
- 40% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 52 mi to SLE airport
- 89 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 158 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1990
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 46 ft
- Right on the coast
- 183 mi to a big lake
- 13 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 111 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 97 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 7 bars within 25 mi
- 18 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 32 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 41% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 46 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 12 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 13 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lincoln County: D+18 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
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk