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Waterloo is a tiny town of 229 people in Linn County, Oregon. It's about 16 miles from Albany, OR and 73 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 48°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $294k and rent runs about $1k a month.
229people
$294kTypical home
$1,167/moRent
84° / 48°Summer / winter
0"Snow
190Sunny days
154Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 229
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,877 people per sq mi
- 73 mi to Portland, OR
- 16 mi to Albany, OR
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $294k (≈$1,853/mo)
- Median rent $1,167/mo
- Median household income $89k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 190 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 175 cloudy days a year
- 65 of 90 winter days are gray
- 154 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 4 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 50
- 22% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 30 mi to SLE airport
- 76 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 103 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 71% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1971
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 394 ft
- 59 mi to the ocean
- 136 mi to a big lake
- 18 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 47 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 152 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 26 bars within 25 mi
- 76 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 50% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 19 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 21 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