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San Marine is a tiny town of 506 people in Lincoln County, Oregon. It's about 43 miles from Corvallis, OR and 108 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 64°F and winter highs 53°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $479k and rent runs about $1k a month.
506people
$479kTypical home
$1,201/moRent
64° / 53°Summer / winter
1"Snow
130Sunny days
161Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 506
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 449 people per sq mi
- 108 mi to Portland, OR
- 43 mi to Corvallis, OR
- 19 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $479k (≈$3,018/mo)
- Median rent $1,201/mo
- Median household income $78k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 64°F
- Winter highs around 53°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 130 sunny days a year (30 totally clear)
- 235 cloudy days a year
- 71 of 90 winter days are gray
- 161 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Low violent crime (243 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,179 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 23% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 30% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 46 mi to EUG airport
- 112 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 140 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1957
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 39 ft
- Right on the coast
- 160 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 109 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 82 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 7 bars within 25 mi
- 24 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 27 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 41% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 20 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 51 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 20 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 19 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lincoln County: D+18 in 2024
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.