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Donald is a small town of 1,133 people in Marion County, Oregon. It's about 22 miles from Salem, OR and 24 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 1 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $352k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,133people
$352kTypical home
$1,636/moRent
82° / 48°Summer / winter
1"Snow
176Sunny days
160Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,133
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,989 people per sq mi
- 24 mi to Portland, OR
- 22 mi to Salem, OR
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $352k (≈$2,217/mo)
- Median rent $1,636/mo
- Median household income $81k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 176 sunny days a year (81 totally clear)
- 189 cloudy days a year
- 68 of 90 winter days are gray
- 160 days a year with rain or snow
- 1" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (302 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,989 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 30% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 23 mi to SLE airport
- 28 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 96 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 64% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2000
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 194 ft
- 54 mi to the ocean
- 184 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 52 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 45 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,890 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 442 bars within 25 mi
- 725 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 23 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 65 museums within 25 mi
- 35 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 15 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 8% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 7 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Marion County: Purple — split almost evenly
- 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
- High winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- High volcano risk