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%

Keizer$2,660/mo

Typical home $448K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.84% · or rent about $1,424/mo · Housing →

Redmond$2,970/mo

Typical home $511K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $1,628/mo · Housing →

The difference: $310 a month, about $3,800 a year, between Redmond and Keizer.

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

Redmond places higher on 14 of 22 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.

Safety

CKeizerSafer than 33% of U.S. towns CRedmondSafer than 29% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−KeizerBetter than 48% of districts in the state BRedmondBetter than 58% of districts in the state

Health

B−KeizerHealthier than 54% of U.S. towns B+RedmondHealthier than 71% of U.S. towns

8Keizer

14Redmond

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest obesityHealth · 147 towns #135#8 Most trailsOutdoors · 108 towns #99#19 Most new homesHousing · 82 towns #63#6 Most walkableOutdoors · 147 towns #21#104 Highest graduation rateSchools · 139 towns #102#33 Fastest growingGrowth · 140 towns #81#15 Most conserved landOutdoors · 141 towns #89#35 Lowest depressionHealth · 147 towns #78#32

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

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

KeizerRedmond

Snow a year1″22″

January low35°F 25°F

July high80°F 84°F

Growing season (days)227d 105d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)71st 9th

Outdoors & history

KeizerRedmond

Trails3 mi 37 mi

Conserved land2.8%11.7%

Settled1982 1910

National Register places—6

Archive photos—12

Community

KeizerRedmond

Library hours a week—48 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

104 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KeizerOR RedmondOR

Keizer ↔ Redmond104 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

KeizerRedmond

People

Population 39,082Highest 36,092Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.9%Lowest OR: +10.6% +26.9%Highest OR: +10.6%

Median age 37.4±0.9Highest 7% below OR 36.2±1.1Lowest 10% below OR

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

Kids under 18 24.1%±2.1Highest OR: 19.9% 23.5%±2.3Lowest OR: 19.9%

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

Age 65+ 18.1%±1.5Highest OR: 19.1% 15.6%±1.9Lowest OR: 19.1%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 26.9%Lowest OR: 36.8% 30.3%Highest OR: 36.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±1Highest OR: 5.7% 3.5%±1Lowest OR: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $84,813±$6kHighest about the OR average $84,164±$7kLowest about the OR average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $434,100±$11kLowest 9% below OR $462,500±$11kHighest 3% below OR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,424±$38Lowest 7% below OR $1,628±$84Highest 7% above OR

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,649Highest 6% below OR $3,213Lowest 17% below OR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.4%±7.2Lowest OR: 52.5% 52.5%±11.2Highest OR: 52.5%

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

Below poverty line 8.1%Lowest OR: 11.9% 9.6%Highest OR: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 62.9%Lowest OR: 63.3% 64.5%Highest OR: 63.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1981Lowest same as OR 2002Highest 21 yrs newer than OR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 9% above OR 21 minLowest 7% below OR

Work from home 14.6%±2.8Highest OR: 19% 14%±3Lowest OR: 19%

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

Work in townworking residents 7.9%Lowest 30%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miLowest 14.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.46Lowest 0.94Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Salem (41%)Bend (30%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RedmondFew work in Keizer

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.8%Lowest 11.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.6 miLowest 37.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 2.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 17Lowest 19Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 129Highest 75.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#45 of 121 in OR

School district Salem-Keizer SD 24JRedmond SD 2J

High school in town McNary High SchoolRedmond Proficiency Academy

Students per teacherat that high school 24.2Lowest 24.8Highest

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.

Keizer vs Redmond

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $310 more a month in Redmond

Redmond places higher on 14 of 22 OR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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