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.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Dundee

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%

Three Rivers$3,200/mo

Typical home $558K (Census) · tax rate 0.60% · or rent about $2,250/mo · Housing →

Dundee$3,460/mo

Typical home $593K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.71% · or rent about $2,115/mo · Housing →

The difference: $260 a month, about $3,100 a year, between Dundee and Three Rivers.

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

Three Rivers places higher on 10 of 18 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.

Schools

–Three RiversNot graded B+DundeeBetter than 67% of districts in the state

Health

A−Three RiversHealthier than 76% of U.S. towns B+DundeeHealthier than 73% of U.S. towns

10Three Rivers

6Dundee

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 140 towns #13#124 Lowest obesityHealth · 147 towns #8#96 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 147 towns #99#39 Most conserved landOutdoors · 141 towns #62#107 Highest incomeIncome · 147 towns #56#19 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 147 towns #12#48 Shortest commuteGetting around · 147 towns #88#54 Most remote workersWork · 141 towns #16#45

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

Where they are

125 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Three RiversOR DundeeOR

Three Rivers ↔ Dundee125 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

Three RiversDundee

People

Population 3,995Highest 3,213Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +30.2%Highest OR: +10.6% +2.4%Lowest OR: +10.6%

Median age 45.1±10Highest 12% above OR 41±4.2Lowest about the OR average

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

Kids under 18 18.2%±4.6Lowest OR: 19.9% 29.2%±7.1Highest OR: 19.9%

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

Age 65+ 21.4%±4.4Highest OR: 19.1% 18.7%±4Lowest OR: 19.1%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 43.9%Highest OR: 36.8% 42.4%Lowest OR: 36.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.3%±1.2Lowest OR: 5.7% 2.9%±1.4Highest OR: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $87,313±$13kLowest 5% above OR $106,681±$15kHighest 29% above OR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $557,700±$89kHighest 17% above OR $493,100±$29kLowest 3% above OR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,250±$306Highest 48% above OR $2,115±$726Lowest 39% above OR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,339Lowest 14% below OR $3,497Highest 10% below OR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 37%±76.7Lowest OR: 52.5% 66.7%±32.7Highest OR: 52.5%

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

Below poverty line 7.1%Highest OR: 11.9% 3.3%Lowest OR: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.8%Lowest OR: 63.3% 92.4%Highest OR: 63.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1999Highest 18 yrs newer than OR 1993Lowest 12 yrs newer than OR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 5% above OR 21 minLowest 8% below OR

Work from home 25%±8.5Highest OR: 19% 16.6%±4.7Lowest OR: 19%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.7%Highest 4.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miHighest 16.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.29Lowest 0.46Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Bend (38%)Newberg (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DundeeFew work in Three Rivers

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.1%Highest 1.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.8 miHighest 0.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 mi 0.6 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 6Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 29.4Lowest 73.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#30 of 121 in OR

School district —Newberg SD 29J

High school in town —None in town

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.

Three Rivers vs Dundee

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Three Rivers gets 73 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Dundee

Three Rivers places higher on 10 of 18 OR lists

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