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Lowell is a small town of 1,228 people in Lane County, Oregon. It's about 19 miles from Eugene, OR and 112 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 47°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $407k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,228people
$407kTypical home
$1,125/moRent
80° / 47°Summer / winter
1"Snow
205Sunny days
164Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,228
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,420 people per sq mi
- 112 mi to Portland, OR
- 19 mi to Eugene, OR
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $407k (≈$2,564/mo)
- Median rent $1,125/mo
- Median household income $99k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 205 sunny days a year (112 totally clear)
- 160 cloudy days a year
- 59 of 90 winter days are gray
- 164 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 (274 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,953 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 48
- 26% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 30% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 26 mi to EUG airport
- 116 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 70 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 71% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1993
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 755 ft
- 66 mi to the ocean
- 98 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 43 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 276 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 54 bars within 25 mi
- 131 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- 10 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 44% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 15 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 11 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 17 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