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Gold Beach is a small town of 2,466 people in Curry County, Oregon. It's about 56 miles from Grants Pass, OR and 233 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 68°F and winter highs 55°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $372k and rent runs about $983 a month.
2,466people
$372kTypical home
$983/moRent
68° / 55°Summer / winter
0"Snow
206Sunny days
145Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,466
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 973 people per sq mi
- 233 mi to Portland, OR
- 56 mi to Grants Pass, OR
- 56 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $372k (≈$2,348/mo)
- Median rent $983/mo
- Median household income $56k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 68°F
- Winter highs around 55°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 206 sunny days a year (70 totally clear)
- 159 cloudy days a year
- 59 of 90 winter days are gray
- 145 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (187 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (638 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 55
- 16% of households have kids
- 33% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 15 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 45 mi to CEC airport
- 237 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 145 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 69% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1976
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 46 ft
- Right on the coast
- 119 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 90 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 1 golf course 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
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 44% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 73 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 28 mi to the nearest vet
- 26 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 82 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Curry County: R+16 in 2024
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk