Fact text

  • Oregon City was the very last stop on the Oregon Trail, weary pioneers dragged themselves here to finally file their land claims after months on the road.
  • In 1846, Oregon City's newspaper the Oregon Spectator became the first American newspaper ever published west of the Rocky Mountains.
  • Oregon City built a water-powered municipal elevator in 1915 to connect its upper and lower neighborhoods, because climbing the bluff got old fast.
  • The first long-distance electrical transmission in the United States launched from Oregon City in 1889, zapping power 14 miles to Portland.
  • Oregon City High School's girls' basketball team won three consecutive USA Today national championships in the 1990s, not bad for a suburb.
Your
Oregon City
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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37057
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Total Population
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$
81039
Median Income
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$
382100
Median Home
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14
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Oregon City
ranks for retirees?
41
/ 100

A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.

Tax
8
Affordability
30
Healthcare
64
Climate
81

Results

Oregon City

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

Oregon does not tax Social Security benefits and charges no state sales tax, though retirees should plan for state income tax on other income sources.

State sales tax here runs about

0

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
0
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
30

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
30
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
64

The area has

3

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

4

/5 CMS quality rating.

Source · CMS Hospital Compare
4
Retirement tax planning
04 - Climate

Weather & Comfort

Climate
81

A

Temperate

climate — summers peak near

81

°F, winters dip to about

36

°F, with roughly

1

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Temperate
Retirement tax planning
05 - Risk

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Relatively High

FEMA's overall natural-disaster risk rating for this county on the National Risk Index.

Source · FEMA National Risk Index
Relatively High

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