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Sweet Home is a big small town of 10,078 people in Linn County, Oregon. It's about 25 miles from Albany, OR and 78 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 48°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $273k and rent runs about $1k a month.
10,078people
$273kTypical home
$1,213/moRent
82° / 48°Summer / winter
0"Snow
190Sunny days
167Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 10,078
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,899 people per sq mi
- 78 mi to Portland, OR
- 25 mi to Albany, OR
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $273k (≈$1,723/mo)
- Median rent $1,213/mo
- Median household income $57k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 190 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 175 cloudy days a year
- 65 of 90 winter days are gray
- 167 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (259 per 100k)
- About average property crime (1,796 per 100k)
People
- Median age 42
- 25% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 36 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 32 mi to EUG airport
- 82 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 94 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1968
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 587 ft
- 65 mi to the ocean
- 128 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 40 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 57 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 12 bars within 25 mi
- 34 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 13 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 25% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 28 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 13 mi to the nearest vet
- 21 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 29 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Linn County: R+24 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
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk