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Saunders Lake is a small town of 1,338 people in Coos County, Oregon. It's about 66 miles from Eugene, OR and 159 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 66°F and winter highs 53°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $339k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,338people
$339kTypical home
$1,301/moRent
66° / 53°Summer / winter
0"Snow
146Sunny days
159Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,338
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 470 people per sq mi
- 159 mi to Portland, OR
- 66 mi to Eugene, OR
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $339k (≈$2,136/mo)
- Median rent $1,301/mo
- Median household income $63k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 66°F
- Winter highs around 53°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 146 sunny days a year (33 totally clear)
- 219 cloudy days a year
- 68 of 90 winter days are gray
- 159 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (210 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,671 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 43
- 27% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 31% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 7 mi to OTH airport
- 164 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 124 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 67% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 171 ft
- Right on the coast
- 129 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 109 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 67 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 5 bars within 25 mi
- 19 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 31 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 38% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 42 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 11 mi to the nearest vet
- 24 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 47 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Coos County: R+20 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
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Limited data: this place is small enough that most of its Census numbers (rent, home value, income, age) are blended with county figures. Treat its match as a rough guide.