Warm-summer Mediterranean
Jefferson, Oregon
Marion County, Oregon · Population 3.3k · 226 ft elevation
Living in Jefferson
Jefferson has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and mild winters (January lows around 34°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 43″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (3″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% 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 Jefferson: about 13% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,200 ft around town.
Jefferson at a glance
- Population
- 3.3k
- Elevation
- 226 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 43″49th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 3″34th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,573 hrs19th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3513th percentile
- Median home value
- $333k63th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,232/mo53th percentile
- Median household income
- $90k66th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.65%21th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.26th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 9%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,231 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47°F | 34°F | 6.5″ | 0.5″ | 109 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 35°F | 4.8″ | 1.6″ | 130 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 37°F | 5.0″ | 0.1″ | 163 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 40°F | 3.3″ | — | 209 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 45°F | 2.3″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 49°F | 1.3″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 52°F | 0.3″ | — | 380 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 51°F | 0.4″ | — | 345 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 48°F | 1.5″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 42°F | 3.5″ | — | 192 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 38°F | 6.5″ | — | 116 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 34°F | 7.7″ | 0.7″ | 94 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology