A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Dundee

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Dundee$3,460/mo

Typical home $593K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.71% · or rent about $2,115/mo · Housing →

Three Rivers$3,200/mo

Typical home $558K (Census) · tax rate 0.60% · or rent about $2,250/mo · Housing →

The difference: $260 a month, about $3,100 a year, between Dundee and Three Rivers.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Three Rivers places higher on 10 of 18 OR lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Oregon ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

B+DundeeBetter than 67% of districts in the state –Three RiversNot graded

Health

B+DundeeHealthier than 73% of U.S. towns A−Three RiversHealthier than 76% of U.S. towns

6Dundee

10Three Rivers

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 140 towns #124#13 Lowest obesityHealth · 147 towns #96#8 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 147 towns #39#99 Most conserved landOutdoors · 141 towns #107#62 Highest incomeIncome · 147 towns #19#56 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 147 towns #48#12 Shortest commuteGetting around · 147 towns #54#88 Most remote workersWork · 141 towns #45#16

Left end = #1 in Oregon. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Dundee’s rankings →

Where they are

125 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DundeeOR Three RiversOR

Dundee ↔ Three Rivers125 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Oregon average

DundeeThree Rivers

People

Population 3,213Lowest 3,995Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.4%Lowest OR: +10.6% +30.2%Highest OR: +10.6%

Median age 41±4.2Lowest about the OR average 45.1±10Highest 12% above OR

Three Rivers and Dundee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 29.2%±7.1Highest OR: 19.9% 18.2%±4.6Lowest OR: 19.9%

Dundee and Three Rivers are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 18.7%±4Lowest OR: 19.1% 21.4%±4.4Highest OR: 19.1%

Three Rivers and Dundee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 42.4%Lowest OR: 36.8% 43.9%Highest OR: 36.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.9%±1.4Highest OR: 5.7% 1.3%±1.2Lowest OR: 5.7%

Dundee and Three Rivers are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $106,681±$15kHighest 29% above OR $87,313±$13kLowest 5% above OR

Dundee and Three Rivers are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $493,100±$29kLowest 3% above OR $557,700±$89kHighest 17% above OR

Three Rivers and Dundee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,115±$726Lowest 39% above OR $2,250±$306Highest 48% above OR

Three Rivers and Dundee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,497Highest 10% below OR $3,339Lowest 14% below OR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 66.7%±32.7Highest OR: 52.5% 37%±76.7Lowest OR: 52.5%

Dundee and Three Rivers are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 3.3%Lowest OR: 11.9% 7.1%Highest OR: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 92.4%Highest OR: 63.3% 91.8%Lowest OR: 63.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1993Lowest 12 yrs newer than OR 1999Highest 18 yrs newer than OR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 8% below OR 24 minHighest 5% above OR

Work from home 16.6%±4.7Lowest OR: 19% 25%±8.5Highest OR: 19%

Three Rivers and Dundee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 4.1%Lowest 4.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miLowest 18.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.46Highest 0.29Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Newberg (17%)Bend (38%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Three RiversFew work in Dundee

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.6%Lowest 5.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.9 miLowest 4.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 mi 0.6 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 73.3Highest 29.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #30 of 121 in OR—

School district Newberg SD 29J—

High school in town None in town—

Oregon average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Dundee vs Three Rivers

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Three Rivers gets 73 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Dundee

Three Rivers places higher on 10 of 18 OR lists

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