Living in Mapleton, OR
Mapleton is a tiny town of 503 people in Lane County, Oregon. It's about 37 miles from Eugene, OR and 120 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 52°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $402k and rent runs about $1k a month.
503people
$402kTypical home
$1,091/moRent
80° / 52°Summer / winter
1"Snow
191Sunny days
179Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 503
- Part of a metro area
- About 560 people per sq mi
- 120 mi to Portland, OR
- 37 mi to Eugene, OR
- 37 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $402k (≈$2,532/mo)
- Median rent $1,091/mo
- Median household income $57k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 52°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 191 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 174 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 179 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 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 40
- 23% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to EUG airport
- 124 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 119 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1964
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 151 ft
- 13 mi to the ocean
- 136 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 96 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 55 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
- 13 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 6% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 42 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 26 mi to the nearest vet
- 13 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 39 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