Living in Woodburn, OR
Suburb in Oregon
Woodburn is a suburb in Oregon, home to about 27,000 people, with 1.9 million living within 31 mi. Day to day, most trips are by car. Life moves at a moderate pace, and homes are a mix of apartments and houses.
Is Woodburn a good place to live? Pros and cons
👍 Pros
- Mild summers: highs around 80°F
- Strong healthcare: 9 top-rated (4–5★) hospitals within 31 mi
- Easy flying: PDX is 33 mi away
- Great outdoors: hills or mountains nearby
👎 Cons
- Weaker public schools: test results well below the US average
- Cloudier than most places
- Fewer graduates: 17% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher
- No dog parks within 9 mi
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Key facts
Living in Woodburn: common questions
What is the cost of living in Woodburn?
A typical 3-bedroom home is worth about $426k, and a 3-bedroom rents for about $2,160 a month including utilities. Overall living costs are above the US average (index 104, where the US is 100).
What are taxes like in Woodburn?
Oregon collects about $3,084 in state income tax per resident, and homeowners here pay about 0.95% of their home's value in property tax each year.
Is Woodburn safe?
Violent crime is close to the national rate (0.9× in FBI 2019 data).
How are the schools in Woodburn?
Public schools in Woodburn test well below the US average in math and reading (2018–19 state tests, put on one national scale with NAEP), with about 21 students per teacher.
What is the weather like in Woodburn?
Woodburn has cool winters: winter days average around 50°F and summer days around 80°F.
Does Woodburn get natural disasters?
Natural disaster risk is moderate, mainly from earthquakes and flooding: 5 federally declared disasters have hit the county since 2000, and FEMA expects about 0.95 deaths or injuries per 100,000 residents a year.
What is the nearest major airport to Woodburn?
The nearest major airport is PDX, about 33 mi away.
How Woodburn scores
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