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%

Roseburg$2,160/mo

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

Pendleton$1,830/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

8Roseburg

13Pendleton

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

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

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

RoseburgPendleton

Snow a year0″16″

January low36°F 28°F

July high88°F 89°F

Growing season (days)237d 174d

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

Outdoors & history

RoseburgPendleton

Trails6 mi 3 mi

Conserved land3.3%1.2%

Settled1851 1851

National Register places18 17

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here28 —

Community

RoseburgPendleton

Library hours a week33 hrs 48 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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.

RoseburgOR PendletonOR

Roseburg ↔ Pendleton280 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

RoseburgPendleton

People

Population 23,778Highest 16,950Lowest

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

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

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

Kids under 18 20.1%±2.5Lowest OR: 19.9% 24.4%±2.8Highest 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+ 21.7%±2.2Highest OR: 19.1% 17.8%±2.4Lowest 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+ 21.5%Lowest OR: 36.8% 24.7%Highest OR: 36.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±1.1Lowest OR: 5.7% 5.5%±1.5Highest 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 $53,918±$7kLowest 35% below OR $66,563±$7kHighest 20% 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 $289,800±$23kHighest 39% below OR $287,100±$16kLowest 40% 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 $1,063±$71Highest 30% below OR $956±$51Lowest 37% 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 $2,440Lowest 37% below OR $2,871Highest 26% below OR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 54.6%±8.1Highest OR: 52.5% 50.4%±8.6Lowest 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 22.4%Highest OR: 11.9% 15%Lowest OR: 11.9%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 12.1%±3.7Highest OR: 19% 7.9%±2.4Lowest 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 48.3%Highest 46.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 3.8 miLowest 4.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PendletonFew work in Roseburg

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.3%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 5.9 miHighest 3.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 15Lowest 18Highest

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

Schools

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

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

High school in town Roseburg High SchoolPendleton High School

Students per teacherat that high school 20.0Highest 19.7Lowest

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.

Roseburg vs Pendleton

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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