Warm-summer Mediterranean
Four Corners, Oregon
Marion County, Oregon · Population 16k · 226 ft elevation
Living in Four Corners
Four Corners has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and mild winters (January lows around 36°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (1″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 35 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Four Corners: about 12% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,100 ft around town.
Four Corners at a glance
- Population
- 16k
- Elevation
- 226 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 1″25th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,389 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3513th percentile
- Median home value
- $314k60th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,298/mo57th percentile
- Median household income
- $69k43th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.86%41th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.097th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 34%31th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 49%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,133 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48°F | 36°F | 6.1″ | 0.1″ | 96 hrs |
| Feb | 52°F | 36°F | 4.5″ | 0.8″ | 124 hrs |
| Mar | 57°F | 38°F | 4.3″ | — | 150 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 41°F | 3.1″ | — | 192 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 46°F | 2.3″ | — | 250 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 51°F | 1.3″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 55°F | 0.3″ | — | 357 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 55°F | 0.4″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 51°F | 1.5″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 44°F | 3.5″ | — | 178 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 39°F | 6.0″ | — | 107 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 35°F | 7.0″ | 0.2″ | 85 hrs |
Near Four Corners
- Salem, OR · 177k
- Hayesville, OR · 22k
- Keizer, OR · 39k
- Turner, OR · 3.1k
- Aumsville, OR · 4.2k
- Silverton, OR · 10k
- Sublimity, OR · 3k
- Stayton, OR · 8.2k
Largest places in Oregon
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- Springfield, OR · 62k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology