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Heceta Beach is a small town of 2,651 people in Lane County, Oregon. It's about 50 miles from Eugene, OR and 127 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 68°F and winter highs 49°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $534k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,651people
$534kTypical home
$1,141/moRent
68° / 49°Summer / winter
1"Snow
130Sunny days
179Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,651
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,138 people per sq mi
- 127 mi to Portland, OR
- 50 mi to Eugene, OR
- 41 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $534k (≈$3,364/mo)
- Median rent $1,141/mo
- Median household income $80k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 14.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 68°F
- Winter highs around 49°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 130 sunny days a year (30 totally clear)
- 235 cloudy days a year
- 71 of 90 winter days are gray
- 179 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Low violent crime (274 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,953 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 61
- 13% of households have kids
- 41% are 65 or older
- 32% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 15 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 42 mi to OTH airport
- 131 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 130 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1990
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 112 ft
- Right on the coast
- 145 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 108 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 47 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 15 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 29% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 55 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 38 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 41 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lane County: D+23 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