Warm-summer Mediterranean
Dallas, Oregon
Polk County, Oregon · Population 17k · 331 ft elevation
Living in Dallas
Dallas has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and mild winters (January lows around 35°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it gets light snow (10″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 21 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Dallas: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,900 ft around town.
Dallas at a glance
- Population
- 17k
- Elevation
- 331 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 10″46th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,389 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 212th percentile
- Median home value
- $356k67th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,184/mo49th percentile
- Median household income
- $66k38th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.81%37th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 16.4100th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 231 per 100k61th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,323 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7326th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,936 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47°F | 35°F | 7.5″ | 2.6″ | 96 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 36°F | 5.6″ | 1.8″ | 124 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 38°F | 5.1″ | 1.1″ | 150 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 40°F | 3.7″ | — | 192 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 45°F | 2.4″ | — | 250 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 49°F | 1.5″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 52°F | 0.3″ | — | 357 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 52°F | 0.5″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 49°F | 1.6″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 44°F | 3.8″ | — | 178 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 38°F | 7.2″ | 0.5″ | 107 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 35°F | 8.7″ | 3.6″ | 85 hrs |
Near Dallas
- Monmouth, OR · 11k
- Independence, OR · 10k
- Sheridan, OR · 6.5k
- Salem, OR · 177k
- Keizer, OR · 39k
- Four Corners, OR · 16k
- Hayesville, OR · 22k
- Turner, OR · 3.1k
Largest places in Oregon
- Portland, OR · 643k
- Eugene, OR · 178k
- Gresham, OR · 113k
- Hillsboro, OR · 107k
- Bend, OR · 101k
- Beaverton, OR · 98k
- Medford, OR · 86k
- Springfield, OR · 62k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology