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Dunes City is a small town of 1,357 people in Lane County, Oregon. It's about 49 miles from Eugene, OR and 133 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 67°F and winter highs 49°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $538k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,357people
$538kTypical home
$1,355/moRent
67° / 49°Summer / winter
1"Snow
146Sunny days
179Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,357
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 505 people per sq mi
- 133 mi to Portland, OR
- 49 mi to Eugene, OR
- 36 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $538k (≈$3,393/mo)
- Median rent $1,355/mo
- Median household income $65k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 67°F
- Winter highs around 49°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 146 sunny days a year (33 totally clear)
- 219 cloudy days a year
- 68 of 90 winter days are gray
- 179 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Low violent crime (274 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,953 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 65
- 14% of households have kids
- 41% are 65 or older
- 29% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 35 mi to OTH airport
- 137 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 125 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 180 ft
- 3 mi to the ocean
- 139 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 105 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 42 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 11 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 5% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 55 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 38 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 49 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lane County: D+23 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
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.