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Fort Hill is a tiny town of 123 people in Polk County, Oregon. It's about 28 miles from Salem, OR and 55 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 51°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $10k and rent runs about $1k a month.
123people
$9,999Typical home
$1,299/moRent
82° / 51°Summer / winter
2"Snow
176Sunny days
153Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 123
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 86 people per sq mi
- 55 mi to Portland, OR
- 28 mi to Salem, OR
- 16 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $9,999 (≈$63/mo)
- Median rent $1,299/mo
- Median household income $19k
- Property tax about 36.3% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 51°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
- 153 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 (130 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (736 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 58
- 25% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 29 mi to SLE airport
- 59 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 132 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 57% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2005
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 407 ft
- 21 mi to the ocean
- 186 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 88 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 125 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 18 bars within 25 mi
- 44 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 7% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 33 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 19 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 20 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.