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Running Y Ranch is a tiny town of 607 people in Klamath County, Oregon. It's about 50 miles from Medford, OR and 229 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 41°F, with about 59 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $599k and rent runs about $3k a month.
607people
$599kTypical home
$2,591/moRent
86° / 41°Summer / winter
59"Snow
256Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 607
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 128 people per sq mi
- 229 mi to Portland, OR
- 50 mi to Medford, OR
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $599k (≈$3,778/mo)
- Median rent $2,591/mo
- Median household income $103k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 41°F
- Dry summers (dew point 43°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (135 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 59" of snow a year
- 22 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 10 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (290 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,120 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 71
- 19% of households have kids
- 47% are 65 or older
- 47% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 51 mi to MFR airport
- 221 mi to RNO (major hub)
- 65 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2003
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 4,239 ft
- 121 mi to the ocean
- 1 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 44 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 51 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 11 bars within 25 mi
- 13 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 43 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 27% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 16 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 47 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 8 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 30 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Klamath County: R+42 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
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Low volcano risk