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Falls City is a small town of 1,222 people in Polk County, Oregon. It's about 21 miles from Salem, OR and 60 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 9 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $303k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,222people
$303kTypical home
$1,095/moRent
81° / 47°Summer / winter
9"Snow
191Sunny days
162Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,222
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,017 people per sq mi
- 60 mi to Portland, OR
- 21 mi to Salem, OR
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $303k (≈$1,910/mo)
- Median rent $1,095/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 191 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 174 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 162 days a year with rain or snow
- 9" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (130 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (736 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 35
- 39% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 21 mi to SLE airport
- 65 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 132 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 71% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1974
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 400 ft
- 29 mi to the ocean
- 171 mi to a big lake
- 17 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 83 mi to the nearest ski area
- 17 mi to the nearest campground
- 17 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 298 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 79 bars within 25 mi
- 111 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 14 museums within 25 mi
- 14 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 16 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 3% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 21 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 19 mi to the nearest vet
- 8 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 10 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Polk County: R+4 in 2024
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- High volcano risk