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%

Echo$1,810/mo

Typical home $295K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $994/mo · Housing →

Arlington$1,800/mo

Typical home $305K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.80% · or rent about $1,349/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

EchoArlington

Snow a year16″5″

January low28°F 30°F

July high89°F 90°F

Growing season (days)174d 196d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)32nd 85th

Outdoors & history

EchoArlington

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0%0%

Settled1904 1885

National Register places10 —

Archive photos11 12

Famous people born here—1

Community

EchoArlington

Library hours a week39 hrs 26 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

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.

Where they are

48 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EchoOR ArlingtonOR

Echo ↔ Arlington48 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

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

EchoArlington

People

Population 494Lowest 690Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -9.6%Lowest OR: +10.6% +7.2%Highest OR: +10.6%

Median age 38.3±11.4Lowest 5% below OR 41.3±5.1Highest about the OR average

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

Kids under 18 26.9%±7.9Highest OR: 19.9% 20.4%±6.1Lowest OR: 19.9%

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

Age 65+ 23.7%±7.1Lowest OR: 19.1% 25.2%±7.5Highest OR: 19.1%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.2%Highest OR: 36.8% 7.4%Lowest OR: 36.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.8%±3.1Lowest OR: 5.7% 6.1%±5.4Highest OR: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $112,639±$78kHighest 36% above OR $76,694±$16kLowest 8% below OR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $173,100±$103kLowest 64% below OR $253,300±$125kHighest 47% below OR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $994±$222Lowest 35% below OR $1,349±$354Highest 12% below OR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,823Lowest 53% below OR $2,021Highest 48% below OR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 25.7%±73.4Highest OR: 52.5% 23.9%±31.7Lowest OR: 52.5%

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

Below poverty line 7.1%Lowest OR: 11.9% 15.8%Highest OR: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.4%Lowest OR: 63.3% 74.1%Highest OR: 63.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 24 yrs older than OR 1984Highest 3 yrs newer than OR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 9% above OR 27 minHighest 16% above OR

Work from home 0%±7.8Lowest OR: 19% 1.9%±3.1Highest OR: 19%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.1%Lowest 6.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 40.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.35Lowest 0.39Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Hermiston (17%)Condon (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ArlingtonFew work in Echo

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 51.0Highest 14.3Lowest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

Echo neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Echo’s Town Square.

Arlington neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Arlington’s Town Square.

Add a town

Set another town beside Echo and Arlington

One tap adds it. Up to 4 towns at once.

Towns like Echo

+ Compare

Moro392 people · $245K homes

+ Compare

Lostine255 people

+ Compare

Wasco455 people · $229K homes

+ Compare

North Powder563 people · $142K homes

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.

Echo vs Arlington

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Grades and rankings, side by side

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

48 miles apart

What matters to you?

Ask the people who live there

Set another town beside Echo and Arlington

Towns like Echo

Post to Echo

Check your email