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Westfir is a tiny town of 253 people in Lane County, Oregon. It's about 37 miles from Eugene, OR and 123 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $302k and rent runs about $1k a month.
253people
$302kTypical home
$1,240/moRent
81° / 45°Summer / winter
5"Snow
205Sunny days
134Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 253
- Part of a metro area
- About 806 people per sq mi
- 123 mi to Portland, OR
- 37 mi to Eugene, OR
- 28 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $302k (≈$1,903/mo)
- Median rent $1,240/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 205 sunny days a year (112 totally clear)
- 160 cloudy days a year
- 59 of 90 winter days are gray
- 134 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (274 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,953 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 62
- 17% of households have kids
- 26% are 65 or older
- 27% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 43 mi to EUG airport
- 127 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 52 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1955
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 1,024 ft
- 78 mi to the ocean
- 82 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 26 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 27 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 11% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 27 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 33 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 27 mi to the nearest vet
- 28 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 35 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lane County: D+23 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.