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Halsey is a small town of 1,491 people in Linn County, Oregon. It's about 15 miles from Corvallis, OR and 83 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $330k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,491people
$330kTypical home
$2,061/moRent
83° / 48°Summer / winter
2"Snow
191Sunny days
143Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,491
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 2,639 people per sq mi
- 83 mi to Portland, OR
- 15 mi to Corvallis, OR
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $330k (≈$2,083/mo)
- Median rent $2,061/mo
- Median household income $106k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 191 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 174 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 143 days a year with rain or snow
- 2" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (200 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,306 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 35
- 36% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to EUG airport
- 87 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 104 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 282 ft
- 45 mi to the ocean
- 134 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 60 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 13 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 368 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 74 bars within 25 mi
- 193 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 18 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 10 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 39% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 18 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 19 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 10 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 15 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Linn County: R+24 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