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White Salmon is a small town of 2,548 people in Klickitat County, Washington. It's about 58 miles from Portland, OR. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 41°F, with about 19 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $615k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,548people
$615kTypical home
$1,311/moRent
82° / 41°Summer / winter
19"Snow
226Sunny days
132Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,548
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,657 people per sq mi
- 58 mi to Portland, OR
- 58 mi to Portland, OR
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $615k (≈$3,878/mo)
- Median rent $1,311/mo
- Median household income $73k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 41°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 50°F)
- 226 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 139 cloudy days a year
- 58 of 90 winter days are gray
- 132 days a year with rain or snow
- 19" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 3 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (70 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (783 per 100k)
People
- Median age 52
- 16% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 48% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 55 mi to PDX airport
- 55 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 26 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 620 ft
- 87 mi to the ocean
- 161 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 23 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 71 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 6 bars within 25 mi
- 32 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 14 museums within 25 mi
- 9 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 43 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 41% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 20 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 52 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Klickitat County: R+9 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
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk