Living in Harbor, OR
Harbor is a small town of 2,437 people in Curry County, Oregon. It's about 54 miles from Grants Pass, OR and 255 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 69°F and winter highs 55°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $317k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,437people
$317kTypical home
$1,190/moRent
69° / 55°Summer / winter
0"Snow
206Sunny days
147Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,437
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,269 people per sq mi
- 255 mi to Portland, OR
- 54 mi to Grants Pass, OR
- 54 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $317k (≈$1,996/mo)
- Median rent $1,190/mo
- Median household income $55k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 69°F
- Winter highs around 55°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 52°F)
- 206 sunny days a year (70 totally clear)
- 159 cloudy days a year
- 59 of 90 winter days are gray
- 147 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (187 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (638 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 68
- 8% of households have kids
- 53% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 16 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 18 mi to CEC airport
- 259 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 139 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 46% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 89 ft
- Right on the coast
- 105 mi to a big lake
- 13 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 79 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 45 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 13 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 21% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 28 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 77 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 81 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