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%

Pendleton$1,830/mo

Typical home $302K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.00% · or rent about $956/mo · Housing →

Roseburg$2,160/mo

Typical home $364K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.84% · or rent about $1,063/mo · Housing →

The difference: $330 a month, about $4,000 a year, between Roseburg and Pendleton.

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

Pendleton places higher on 13 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

DPendletonSafer than 13% of U.S. towns DRoseburgSafer than 9% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−PendletonBetter than 48% of districts in the state C+RoseburgBetter than 39% of districts in the state

Health

B−PendletonHealthier than 52% of U.S. towns C−RoseburgHealthier than 22% of U.S. towns

13Pendleton

8Roseburg

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

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 147 towns #138#11 Lowest depressionHealth · 147 towns #6#78 Fastest growingGrowth · 140 towns #117#57 HealthiestHealth · 147 towns #77#132 Most walkableOutdoors · 147 towns #125#70 Most activeHealth · 147 towns #80#130 Fewest smokersHealth · 147 towns #89#125 Most conserved landOutdoors · 141 towns #117#83

Left end = #1 in Oregon. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Pendleton’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

PendletonRoseburg

Snow a year16″0″

January low28°F 36°F

July high89°F 88°F

Growing season (days)174d 237d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)55th 60th

Outdoors & history

PendletonRoseburg

Trails3 mi 6 mi

Conserved land1.2%3.3%

Settled1851 1851

National Register places17 18

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—28

Community

PendletonRoseburg

Library hours a week48 hrs 33 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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

280 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PendletonOR RoseburgOR

Pendleton ↔ Roseburg280 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

PendletonRoseburg

People

Population 16,950Lowest 23,778Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3%Lowest OR: +10.6% +11.8%Highest OR: +10.6%

Median age 36.9±2.7Lowest 9% below OR 39.6±2.1Highest about the OR average

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

Kids under 18 24.4%±2.8Highest OR: 19.9% 20.1%±2.5Lowest OR: 19.9%

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

Age 65+ 17.8%±2.4Lowest OR: 19.1% 21.7%±2.2Highest OR: 19.1%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.7%Highest OR: 36.8% 21.5%Lowest OR: 36.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.5%±1.5Highest OR: 5.7% 3.1%±1.1Lowest OR: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,563±$7kHighest 20% below OR $53,918±$7kLowest 35% below OR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $287,100±$16kLowest 40% below OR $289,800±$23kHighest 39% below OR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $956±$51Lowest 37% below OR $1,063±$71Highest 30% below OR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,871Highest 26% below OR $2,440Lowest 37% below OR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.4%±8.6Lowest OR: 52.5% 54.6%±8.1Highest OR: 52.5%

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

Below poverty line 15%Lowest OR: 11.9% 22.4%Highest OR: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 56.5%Highest OR: 63.3% 53.8%Lowest OR: 63.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1963Lowest 18 yrs older than OR 1971Highest 10 yrs older than OR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 14 minLowest 38% below OR 16 minHighest 32% below OR

Work from home 7.9%±2.4Lowest OR: 19% 12.1%±3.7Highest OR: 19%

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

Work in townworking residents 46.9%Lowest 48.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 4.8 miHighest 3.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.04Lowest 1.92Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Mission (12%)Eugene (4%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RoseburgFew work in Pendleton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.2%Lowest 3.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.0 miLowest 5.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 18Highest 15Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 56.3Lowest 96.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #35 of 121 in OR #27 of 121 in OR

School district Pendleton SD 16Douglas ESD · Douglas County SD 4

High school in town Pendleton High SchoolRoseburg High School

Students per teacherat that high school 19.7Lowest 20.0Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Pendleton vs Roseburg

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Roseburg

Pendleton places higher on 13 of 22 OR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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