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ZIP 97344, Polk

Moderate

🇺🇸Polk, Oregon · United States

Residential

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Mixed fit Based on 7 scored dimensions

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Safety

Trade-offs

Schools — 2 schools within range

Affordability

Unknowns

Safety — based on limited evidence

Transport — no source available yet

Amenities — no source available yet

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How Polk County's I.G.N.I.T.E. program supports inmate re-entry Des Moines Register

A new program, called I.G.N.I.T.E., gives participants life skills, academic and vocational training to better prepare them for life outside jail.

1 day ago Read article

Polk County shooting: 55-year-old man injured, 79-year-old arrested FOX 9

A shooting in rural Polk County left one man injured and another behind bars early Sunday morning.

2 days ago Read article

Meet the Oregon sheriff's deputy who leads a horse-riding posse Salem Statesman Journal

Samantha Young has led the Polk County Sheriff's Office posse through community service and outreach while assisting the agency.

4 days ago Read article

Two new directors begin terms on NE Corn Board Aurora News-Register

Gov. Jim Pillen recently appointed Mike Bergen of Aurora to serve as the District 3 director of the Nebraska Corn Board (NCB), which represents Hamilton, Merrick, Polk and York counties. Bergen is replacing Brandon Hunnicutt of Giltner, who has served on the board since 2014 and chose not to seek reappointment.

4 days ago Read article

Polk County's Sleepy Hollow receives $4.2M state grant for expansion Des Moines Register

Plans to transform Polk County's Sleepy Hollow Sports Park into an all-seasons recreation destination receive a $4.2 million boost from the state.

4 days ago Read article

Wildfire — Knob Point Hazard

101 acres · 136.5km away

11 months ago

Wildfire — Foley Ridge Hazard

494 acres · 139.3km away

1 year ago

Wildfire — Bingham Hazard

199 acres · 125.0km away

1 year ago

Wildfire — Boulder Creek Hazard

523 acres · 135.3km away

2 years ago

Wildfire — Lowell Creek Hazard

120 acres · 140.2km away

2 years ago

Data confidence

Moderate coverage

Coverage confidence reflects geographic matching, source authority, freshness, record coverage, and demographic alignment. It is not a liveability score.

geography

25 pts

source authority

15 pts

freshness

10 pts

record coverage

4 pts

demographic alignment

5 pts

Reliable enriched schools, amenity details, ratings, and official area demographics are not available for this suburb yet. Existing evidence elsewhere on this page remains visible; missing facts are not estimated.

Score dashboard

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Safety

Bottom 1%

estimated

Affordability

Bottom 1%

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Schools

Bottom 1%

2020

Transport

Bottom 6%

pending

Amenities

Bottom 6%

pending

Lifestyle

Bottom 6%

pending

Property Confidence

Bottom 1%

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

🔥 Wildfire: High

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Community demographics

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Population

1,534

Median household income

$59,000/yr

Median home value

$320,700

Price-to-income ratio

Median home ÷ median household income

5.4×

Expensive

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Crime & Safety

Oregon · United States national statistics

80/100

Safety score based on Oregon region averages

Safety score estimated from national crime statistics for this region.

Flood & earthquake

🌊 No flood history

🌍 No earthquake history

🔥 Wildfire: High

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Schools in this area

NCES Common Core of Data · 2 schools

No schools match your search.

Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

Amenity data is being gathered from OpenStreetMap.

Public transit

Score 50/100

🚗

Car-dependent area

No public transit infrastructure data is available for this ZIP area. This typically reflects rural or very low-density suburban areas.

Natural hazards & flood/earthquake history

GDACS · USGS · NIFC/WFIGS

🌊

Flood history

None on record

No significant regional flooding recorded near this area since 2006.

🌍

Earthquake risk

None

No significant earthquakes on record.

🔥

Wildfire risk

High

Events recorded 26

Largest fire 193,118 acres

Beachie Creek

Most recent Oct 2025

Flood & earthquake events: GDACS (Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System), 2006–present — tracks disaster-scale events only, not every local flood or minor tremor. Wildfire: NIFC Wildland Fire Incident Reporting System (WFIGS), 2019–present. Distances are straight-line from this area's centroid.

Drug & substance activity

Drug offense data at ZIP-code level is not publicly reported in the FBI CDE dataset. City-wide violent and property crime rates are used for the safety score.

Affordability

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Median household income

$59,000/yr

Median home value

$320,700

ZIP area population

1,534

Price-to-income ratio

5.4×

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