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Oakland is a small town of 1,048 people in Douglas County, Oregon. It's about 45 miles from Eugene, OR and 150 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 50°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $347k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,048people
$347kTypical home
$1,029/moRent
86° / 50°Summer / winter
0"Snow
203Sunny days
140Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,048
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,436 people per sq mi
- 150 mi to Portland, OR
- 45 mi to Eugene, OR
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $347k (≈$2,189/mo)
- Median rent $1,029/mo
- Median household income $59k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 50°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 52°F)
- 203 sunny days a year (89 totally clear)
- 162 cloudy days a year
- 63 of 90 winter days are gray
- 140 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (203 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,623 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 52
- 22% of households have kids
- 31% are 65 or older
- 22% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 48 mi to OTH airport
- 154 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 78 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1971
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 449 ft
- 42 mi to the ocean
- 87 mi to a big lake
- 29 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 65 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 53 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 5 bars within 25 mi
- 20 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 15 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 39% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 17 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 17 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 9 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Douglas County: R+38 in 2024
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk