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21,246people live here $58,624median household income▼ 27% below US $1,435median rent per monthNear US average $365,400median home valueNear US average

Hayesville is an unincorporated community in Marion County, OR. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Hayesville

Hayesville is an unincorporated community in Oregon with air quality that stays clean most of the year. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Hayesville deals with household incomes below the national average, college degree attainment below the national average, larger class sizes than the national average, and a poverty rate above the national average.

The good

Clean air

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Low college degree attainment
High student-teacher ratio
High poverty rate
High rent burden for renters
Smaller place — fewer dining and entertainment options

How Hayesville compares

Median household income

Hayesville$58,624

Oregon avg$83,011

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Hayesville$1,435

Oregon avg$1,525

US$1,413

Median home value

Hayesville$365,400

Oregon avg$477,600

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Hayesville

Based on Hayesville's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$2,870

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $57,400 a year
60% of Hayesville renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$73,080

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $36,540
Homes cost 6.2× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,435/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,435 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices run above average, with a median around $365,400. Buyers should expect to stretch their budget here.

Median home value $365,400 · 60% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

5.0% county unemployment

Unemployment in Marion County is 5.0%, somewhat above the national average of 4.3%. Lining up work before the move is the safer route. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Marion County (county-wide)

Safety

149 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Hayesville doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Marion County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1290/100k · Policed by Marion County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

28 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 27.5 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 7% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

68%

Carpool

19%

Work from home

7.2%

Public transit

2.7%

Other

1.9%

Walk

1.3%

Climate

Summers are warm, with highs around 81°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 36°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 59% below US

15% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.

Schools

4 public schools inside the boundary

There are 4 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 19:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (47 miles away). There are 2 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Hayesville's strongest point is air quality that stays clean most of the year; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and college degree attainment below the national average. A year of median rent ($1,435/mo) equals 29% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. Whether it fits comes down to the specifics: the neighborhood, the job, and what matters most in the move.

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