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Siletz is a small town of 1,119 people in Lincoln County, Oregon. It's about 33 miles from Corvallis, OR and 84 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 65°F and winter highs 52°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $251k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,119people
$251kTypical home
$1,201/moRent
65° / 52°Summer / winter
0"Snow
191Sunny days
171Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,119
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,776 people per sq mi
- 84 mi to Portland, OR
- 33 mi to Corvallis, OR
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $251k (≈$1,584/mo)
- Median rent $1,201/mo
- Median household income $87k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 65°F
- Winter highs around 52°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 191 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 174 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 171 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (243 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,179 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 20% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 47 mi to SLE airport
- 88 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 149 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 63% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 128 ft
- 7 mi to the ocean
- 174 mi to a big lake
- 15 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 102 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 108 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 7 bars within 25 mi
- 24 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 33 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 41% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 39 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 8 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 9 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.