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Outdoors in Burns
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About Burns
City in Oregon, United StatesBurns is a city in and the county seat of Harney County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. According to the 2020 census, the population was 2,730. Burns and the nearby city of Hines are home to about 60 percent of the people in the sparsely populated county, by area the largest in Oregon and the tenth largest in the United States. The Burns–Hines region has a high-desert climate but was much wetter in the recent geologic past. The Harney Basin was the largest of many depressions in which lakes formed in southeastern Oregon during the late Pleistocene. Remnants of an ancient lake that reached as far north as Burns are at the center of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, south of the city. North…
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How Burns ranks
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Housing in Burns
The typical Burns home is worth about $193,000, up 3.6% in a year, 61% below the Oregon typical home.
Work & commute in Burns
Full picture →41% of Burns’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Hines (13%), Bend (4%) and Redmond (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.
Health in Burns
Health Grade C−
Healthier than 16% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 59% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with Oregon
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 12 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Burns
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 62% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Burns
Full climate →Burns has chilly winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 17°.
Schools in Burns
All Burns schools →School Grade B
The public schools Burns’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 61% of Oregon’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within OR. Ratings are from neighbors.
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