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Stevenson is a small town of 1,603 people in Skamania County, Washington. It's about 38 miles from Portland, OR. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 16 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $497k and rent runs about $960 a month.
1,603people
$497kTypical home
$960/moRent
80° / 42°Summer / winter
16"Snow
226Sunny days
172Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,603
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 974 people per sq mi
- 38 mi to Portland, OR
- 38 mi to Portland, OR
- 23 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $497k (≈$3,131/mo)
- Median rent $960/mo
- Median household income $77k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 42°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 226 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 139 cloudy days a year
- 58 of 90 winter days are gray
- 172 days a year with rain or snow
- 16" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (65 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (452 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 54
- 28% of households have kids
- 31% are 65 or older
- 35% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 35 mi to PDX airport
- 35 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 45 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1974
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 246 ft
- 70 mi to the ocean
- 172 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 24 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 88 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 12 bars within 25 mi
- 35 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 10 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 26 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 37% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 34 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 18 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 32 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Skamania County: R+11 in 2024
- Washington: D+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk