Living in Harrisburg, OR
Harrisburg is a small town of 3,681 people in Linn County, Oregon. It's about 15 miles from Eugene, OR and 91 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $321k and rent runs about $2k a month.
3,681people
$321kTypical home
$1,548/moRent
83° / 48°Summer / winter
3"Snow
191Sunny days
146Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,681
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,551 people per sq mi
- 91 mi to Portland, OR
- 15 mi to Eugene, OR
- 11 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $321k (≈$2,024/mo)
- Median rent $1,548/mo
- Median household income $74k
- Property tax about 0.9% 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
- 146 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" of snow a year
- 1 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 (200 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,306 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 34
- 40% of households have kids
- 10% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 10 mi to EUG airport
- 95 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 100 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 71% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1980
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 315 ft
- 43 mi to the ocean
- 128 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 64 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 320 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 60 bars within 25 mi
- 153 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 18 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 39% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 16 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 16 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 16 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