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Prineville Lake Acres is a small town of 1,497 people in Crook County, Oregon. It's about 27 miles from Bend, OR and 131 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 40°F, with about 11 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $453k and rent runs about $914 a month.
1,497people
$453kTypical home
$914/moRent
83° / 40°Summer / winter
11"Snow
234Sunny days
74Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,497
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 227 people per sq mi
- 131 mi to Portland, OR
- 27 mi to Bend, OR
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $453k (≈$2,859/mo)
- Median rent $914/mo
- Median household income $80k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 40°F
- Dry summers (dew point 42°F)
- 234 sunny days a year (107 totally clear)
- 131 cloudy days a year
- 52 of 90 winter days are gray
- 74 days a year with rain or snow
- 11" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 9 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (38 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (8 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 51
- 29% of households have kids
- 33% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 37 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to RDM airport
- 132 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 82 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 74% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2001
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 3,845 ft
- 161 mi to the ocean
- 100 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 45 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 14 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 173 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 40 bars within 25 mi
- 84 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 71 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 27% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 10 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 17 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 22 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Crook County: R+51 in 2024
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Low volcano risk