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13,294people live here $103,224median household income▲ 28% above US $1,786median rent per month▲ 26% above US $569,000median home value▲ 71% above US

Oatfield is an unincorporated community in Clackamas 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 Oatfield

Oatfield is an unincorporated community in Oregon with household incomes running above the national average and 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. Oatfield deals with rent well above the national average, home prices well above the national average, a population that has been shrinking, and larger class sizes than the national average.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes
Clean air

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
High home prices
Shrinking population
High student-teacher ratio
High rent burden for renters

How Oatfield compares

Median household income

Oatfield$103,224

Oregon avg$83,011

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Oatfield$1,786

Oregon avg$1,525

US$1,413

Median home value

Oatfield$569,000

Oregon avg$477,600

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Oatfield

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

To rent

$3,572

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

Income to keep rent under 30%: $71,440 a year
68% of Oatfield renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$113,800

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $56,900
Homes cost 5.5× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 26% above US

$1,786/mo median rent

Rent runs on the higher side, at $1,786 a month median. Whether that premium makes sense usually comes down to the local job market and what it pays. Home prices are steep, with a median around $569,000. Renting first to get a feel for the city before buying is often the more practical route.

Median home value $569,000 · 68% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

4.9% county unemployment

Unemployment in Clackamas County is 4.9%, 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.

Clackamas County (county-wide)

Safety

211 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Oatfield doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Clackamas 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 1625/100k · Policed by Clackamas County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

26 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 26.1 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 21% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

69%

Work from home

21%

Carpool

6.3%

Other

1.4%

Public transit

1.3%

Walk

0.8%

Climate

Summers are warm, with highs around 81°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 37°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforceNear US average

36% bachelor's degree or higher

Education levels run about average, with 36% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.

Schools

2 public schools inside the boundary

There are 2 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 18:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (15 miles away). There are 2 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Oatfield's strongest points are household incomes running above the national average and air quality that stays clean most of the year; the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and home prices well above the national average. A year of median rent ($1,786/mo) equals 21% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (21% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for renters on a tight budget.

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