Warm-summer Mediterranean
Sweet Home, Oregon
Linn County, Oregon · Population 10k · 525 ft elevation
Living in Sweet Home
Sweet Home has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and mild winters (January lows around 34°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 54″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are partly sunny (55% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 27, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Sweet Home is an outdoor hub: about 27% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,500 ft around town.
Sweet Home at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 525 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 54″87th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,562 hrs19th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $246k46th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,135/mo45th percentile
- Median household income
- $59k29th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.05%54th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.167th percentile
- Average commute
- 33 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 270 per 100k67th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,938 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9191th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 27%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,510 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48°F | 34°F | 7.2″ | 0.1″ | 106 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 35°F | 5.6″ | — | 127 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 37°F | 6.3″ | — | 153 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 40°F | 5.4″ | — | 197 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 44°F | 3.8″ | — | 261 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 48°F | 2.5″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 51°F | 0.5″ | — | 394 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 50°F | 0.6″ | — | 360 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 47°F | 2.0″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 42°F | 4.6″ | — | 193 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 38°F | 7.6″ | — | 113 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 34°F | 8.4″ | — | 91 hrs |
Near Sweet Home
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology