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Tangent is a small town of 1,290 people in Linn County, Oregon. It's about 6 miles from Albany, OR and 72 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $377k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,290people
$377kTypical home
$2,048/moRent
83° / 48°Summer / winter
3"Snow
191Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,290
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 341 people per sq mi
- 72 mi to Portland, OR
- 6 mi to Albany, OR
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $377k (≈$2,379/mo)
- Median rent $2,048/mo
- Median household income $99k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 12.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 191 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 174 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 3" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (200 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,306 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 37% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 26 mi to SLE airport
- 76 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 113 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 62% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1996
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 246 ft
- 44 mi to the ocean
- 144 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 61 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 226 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 44 bars within 25 mi
- 104 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 14 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 7 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 7 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