Living in Dundee, OR
Dundee is a small town of 3,213 people in Yamhill County, Oregon. It's about 24 miles from Salem, OR and 25 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $493k and rent runs about $2k a month.
3,213people
$493kTypical home
$2,115/moRent
82° / 47°Summer / winter
2"Snow
176Sunny days
154Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,213
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 2,400 people per sq mi
- 25 mi to Portland, OR
- 24 mi to Salem, OR
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $493k (≈$3,109/mo)
- Median rent $2,115/mo
- Median household income $107k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 176 sunny days a year (81 totally clear)
- 189 cloudy days a year
- 68 of 90 winter days are gray
- 154 days a year with rain or snow
- 2" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (98 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (630 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 33% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 41% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 25 mi to SLE airport
- 29 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 102 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 89% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1993
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 190 ft
- 45 mi to the ocean
- 190 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 60 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 46 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,572 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 357 bars within 25 mi
- 608 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 22 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 62 museums within 25 mi
- 34 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 17 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 22% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Yamhill County: R+6 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
- Moderate heat wave risk
- High volcano risk