Warm-summer Mediterranean

Keizer, Oregon

Marion County, Oregon · Population 39k · 138 ft elevation

Living in Keizer

Keizer has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°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 Keizer: about 12% 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.

Keizer at a glance

Population
39k
Elevation
138 ft
Average daily high
65°F45th 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
$397k72th percentile
Median rent
$1,375/mo61th percentile
Median household income
$81k57th percentile
Property tax rate
0.89%44th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
9.9%
Sales tax (state + local)
0.0%
Unemployment rate
4.6%
Homes with broadband
95%76th percentile
Walkability index
13.890th percentile
Average commute
25 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
34%31th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
49%
Violent crime rate
217 per 100k59th percentile
Property crime rate
2,020 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
9668th percentile
Outdoor access
8282th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
5%
Public land within 30 miles
12%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
1,936 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Keizer, Oregon
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan49°F36°F6.1″0.1″96 hrs
Feb52°F36°F4.5″0.8″124 hrs
Mar57°F39°F4.3″—150 hrs
Apr62°F41°F3.1″—192 hrs
May69°F47°F2.3″—250 hrs
Jun75°F51°F1.3″—268 hrs
Jul84°F55°F0.3″—357 hrs
Aug84°F55°F0.4″—325 hrs
Sep78°F51°F1.5″—256 hrs
Oct65°F44°F3.5″—178 hrs
Nov54°F39°F6.0″—107 hrs
Dec48°F35°F7.0″0.2″85 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