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Monroe is a small town of 1,102 people in Benton County, Oregon. It's about 18 miles from Corvallis, OR and 90 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $349k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,102people
$349kTypical home
$1,385/moRent
82° / 47°Summer / winter
4"Snow
191Sunny days
143Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,102
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 2,140 people per sq mi
- 90 mi to Portland, OR
- 18 mi to Corvallis, OR
- 16 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $349k (≈$2,199/mo)
- Median rent $1,385/mo
- Median household income $79k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 191 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 174 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 143 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (152 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,546 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 29
- 36% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 36% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 9% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 14 mi to EUG airport
- 94 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 107 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1990
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 292 ft
- 36 mi to the ocean
- 134 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 70 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 323 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 62 bars within 25 mi
- 162 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 17 museums within 25 mi
- 17 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 44% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 23 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 23 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 13 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 17 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Benton County: D+40 in 2024
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- High volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.