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%

Phoenix$2,330/mo

Typical home $399K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.73% · or rent about $1,225/mo · Housing →

Sublimity$3,350/mo

Typical home $577K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.67% · or rent about $1,628/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,020 a month, about $12,200 a year, between Sublimity and Phoenix.

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

Phoenix places higher on 10 of 19 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

C−PhoenixSafer than 19% of U.S. towns –SublimityNot graded

Schools

C−PhoenixBetter than 18% of districts in the state BSublimityBetter than 56% of districts in the state

Health

B−PhoenixHealthier than 46% of U.S. towns C+SublimityHealthier than 44% of U.S. towns

10Phoenix

7Sublimity

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 121 towns #38#119 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 147 towns #25#106 Lowest obesityHealth · 147 towns #49#128 Fastest growingGrowth · 140 towns #135#60 Most conserved landOutdoors · 141 towns #72#136 Cheapest rentCost of living · 145 towns #47#97 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 147 towns #75#26 Most walkableOutdoors · 147 towns #77#34

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

PhoenixSublimity

Snow a year4″16″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)75th 30th

Outdoors & history

PhoenixSublimity

Trails2 mi 1 mi

Conserved land4.3%0.6%

Settled1910 1903

National Register places1 —

Archive photos13 12

Famous people born here3 —

Community

PhoenixSublimity

Library hours a week31 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

176 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PhoenixOR SublimityOR

Phoenix ↔ Sublimity176 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

PhoenixSublimity

People

Population 4,390Highest 2,919Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.4%Lowest OR: +10.6% +10.7%Highest OR: +10.6%

Median age 55.6±6Highest 38% above OR 52.7±8.3Lowest 30% above OR

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

Kids under 18 11.2%±4.7Lowest OR: 19.9% 21.3%±5.3Highest OR: 19.9%

Age 65+ 33.6%±10.5Lowest OR: 19.1% 34.5%±6.9Highest OR: 19.1%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 31.4%Lowest OR: 36.8% 32.9%Highest OR: 36.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.6%±0.8Lowest OR: 5.7% 3.5%±1.8Highest OR: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,508±$17kLowest 20% below OR $77,969±$9kHighest 6% below OR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $415,300±$34kLowest 13% below OR $480,800±$23kHighest about the OR average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,225±$139Lowest 20% below OR $1,628±$230Highest 7% above OR

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,025Lowest 22% below OR $3,225Highest 17% below OR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.7%±26.3Lowest OR: 52.5% 80.2%±18.8Highest OR: 52.5%

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

Below poverty line 11.5%Highest OR: 11.9% 10.9%Lowest OR: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70.8%Lowest OR: 63.3% 72.7%Highest OR: 63.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1994Highest 13 yrs newer than OR 1993Lowest 12 yrs newer than OR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 17% below OR 24 minHighest about the OR average

Work from home 15.4%±6.2Highest OR: 19% 13%±4.2Lowest OR: 19%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.8%Lowest 3.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miLowest 13.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.81Highest 0.42Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Medford (44%)Salem (31%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SublimityFew work in Phoenix

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.3%Highest 0.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.4 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.3 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 93.9Lowest 116Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #38 of 121 in OR #119 of 121 in OR

School district Phoenix-Talent SD 4North Santiam SD 29J

High school in town Phoenix High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 20.1 —

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

Deciding?

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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.

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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.

Phoenix vs Sublimity

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,020 more a month in Sublimity

Phoenix places higher on 10 of 19 OR lists

What daily life feels like in each

176 miles apart

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