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Mill City is a small town of 1,920 people in Linn County, Oregon. It's about 29 miles from Salem, OR and 55 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 10 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $298k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,920people
$298kTypical home
$1,402/moRent
80° / 46°Summer / winter
10"Snow
190Sunny days
178Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,920
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,129 people per sq mi
- 55 mi to Portland, OR
- 29 mi to Salem, OR
- 23 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $298k (≈$1,877/mo)
- Median rent $1,402/mo
- Median household income $69k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°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
- 10" of snow a year
- 3 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 38
- 38% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 28 mi to SLE airport
- 58 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 97 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1971
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 840 ft
- 76 mi to the ocean
- 149 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 38 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 75 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 17 bars within 25 mi
- 35 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 25 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 26% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 33 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 25 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