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North Plains is a small town of 3,433 people in Washington County, Oregon. It's about 17 miles from Portland, OR. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $588k and rent runs about $2k a month.
3,433people
$588kTypical home
$1,703/moRent
82° / 47°Summer / winter
4"Snow
176Sunny days
155Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,433
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,150 people per sq mi
- 17 mi to Portland, OR
- 17 mi to Portland, OR
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $588k (≈$3,705/mo)
- Median rent $1,703/mo
- Median household income $118k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 176 sunny days a year (81 totally clear)
- 189 cloudy days a year
- 68 of 90 winter days are gray
- 155 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (160 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (863 per 100k)
People
- Median age 36
- 37% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 48% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to PDX airport
- 19 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 97 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 91% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2000
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 213 ft
- 39 mi to the ocean
- 207 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 63 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 45 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,993 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 465 bars within 25 mi
- 790 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 22 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 46 museums within 25 mi
- 30 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 50% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Washington County: D+34 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
- Moderate 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.