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%

Sublimity$3,350/mo

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

Phoenix$2,330/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

7Sublimity

10Phoenix

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

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

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

SublimityPhoenix

Snow a year16″4″

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

Outdoors & history

SublimityPhoenix

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0.6%4.3%

Settled1903 1910

National Register places—1

Archive photos12 13

Famous people born here—3

Community

SublimityPhoenix

Library hours a week—31 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.

SublimityOR PhoenixOR

Sublimity ↔ Phoenix176 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

SublimityPhoenix

People

Population 2,919Lowest 4,390Highest

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

Median age 52.7±8.3Lowest 30% above OR 55.6±6Highest 38% 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 21.3%±5.3Highest OR: 19.9% 11.2%±4.7Lowest OR: 19.9%

Age 65+ 34.5%±6.9Highest OR: 19.1% 33.6%±10.5Lowest 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+ 32.9%Highest OR: 36.8% 31.4%Lowest OR: 36.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $77,969±$9kHighest 6% below OR $66,508±$17kLowest 20% 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 $480,800±$23kHighest about the OR average $415,300±$34kLowest 13% below OR

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 80.2%±18.8Highest OR: 52.5% 51.7%±26.3Lowest 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 10.9%Lowest OR: 11.9% 11.5%Highest OR: 11.9%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 13%±4.2Lowest OR: 19% 15.4%±6.2Highest 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 3.1%Highest 2.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miHighest 7.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PhoenixFew work in Sublimity

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Lowest 4.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miLowest 2.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 3Highest

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

Schools

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

School district North Santiam SD 29JPhoenix-Talent SD 4

High school in town None in townPhoenix High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 20.1

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.

Sublimity vs Phoenix

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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