Living in Willamina, OR
Willamina is a small town of 2,193 people in Yamhill County, Oregon. It's about 25 miles from Salem, OR and 51 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 50°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $318k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,193people
$318kTypical home
$1,170/moRent
82° / 50°Summer / winter
2"Snow
176Sunny days
153Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,193
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 2,318 people per sq mi
- 51 mi to Portland, OR
- 25 mi to Salem, OR
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $318k (≈$2,003/mo)
- Median rent $1,170/mo
- Median household income $59k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 50°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 176 sunny days a year (81 totally clear)
- 189 cloudy days a year
- 68 of 90 winter days are gray
- 153 days a year with rain or snow
- 2" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (98 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (630 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 32% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 26 mi to SLE airport
- 56 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 129 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 226 ft
- 24 mi to the ocean
- 185 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 84 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 263 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 68 bars within 25 mi
- 85 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 22 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 14% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 30 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 15 mi to the nearest vet
- 14 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 16 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Yamhill County: R+6 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
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- High volcano risk