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Drain is a small town of 1,078 people in Douglas County, Oregon. It's about 29 miles from Eugene, OR and 134 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 51°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $288k and rent runs about $984 a month.
1,078people
$288kTypical home
$984/moRent
85° / 51°Summer / winter
0"Snow
203Sunny days
158Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,078
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,703 people per sq mi
- 134 mi to Portland, OR
- 29 mi to Eugene, OR
- 16 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $288k (≈$1,814/mo)
- Median rent $984/mo
- Median household income $46k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 51°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 52°F)
- 203 sunny days a year (89 totally clear)
- 162 cloudy days a year
- 63 of 90 winter days are gray
- 158 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (203 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,623 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 24% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 32 mi to EUG airport
- 138 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 83 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1976
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 299 ft
- 38 mi to the ocean
- 99 mi to a big lake
- 16 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 64 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 73 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 5 bars within 25 mi
- 19 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 16 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 34% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 16 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 31 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 26 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Douglas County: R+38 in 2024
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.