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Glide is a small town of 1,823 people in Douglas County, Oregon. It's about 53 miles from Eugene, OR and 157 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 8 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $355k and rent runs about $479 a month.
1,823people
$355kTypical home
$479/moRent
83° / 46°Summer / winter
8"Snow
203Sunny days
152Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,823
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 181 people per sq mi
- 157 mi to Portland, OR
- 53 mi to Eugene, OR
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $355k (≈$2,239/mo)
- Median rent $479/mo
- Median household income $74k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 46°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
- 152 days a year with rain or snow
- 8" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day 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 48
- 17% of households have kids
- 29% are 65 or older
- 22% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 58 mi to EUG airport
- 160 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 65 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 67% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 1,280 ft
- 54 mi to the ocean
- 72 mi to a big lake
- 31 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 56 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 55 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 5 bars within 25 mi
- 24 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 20 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 13 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 21 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 21 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 14 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 13 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