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Lyons is a small town of 1,139 people in Linn County, Oregon. It's about 22 miles from Salem, OR and 52 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 13 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $489k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,139people
$489kTypical home
$1,391/moRent
79° / 46°Summer / winter
13"Snow
190Sunny days
178Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,139
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,317 people per sq mi
- 52 mi to Portland, OR
- 22 mi to Salem, OR
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $489k (≈$3,083/mo)
- Median rent $1,391/mo
- Median household income $92k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 190 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 175 cloudy days a year
- 65 of 90 winter days are gray
- 178 days a year with rain or snow
- 13" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 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 57
- 21% of households have kids
- 29% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 21 mi to SLE airport
- 56 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 101 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1991
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 650 ft
- 69 mi to the ocean
- 152 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 44 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 268 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 67 bars within 25 mi
- 91 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 22 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 41% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 27 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 18 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