Prescott, Oregon

Back to Prescott, OR housing info, Columbia County, Oregon, OR smaller cities, OR small cities, All Cities. We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Columbia County Population in July 2008: 73. Population change since 2000: +1.4%   Males: 37   (51.4%) Females: 36   (48.6%) Median resident age:   43.5 years Oregon median age:   36.3 years Zip code: 97048 Estimated median household income in 2008: $49,488 (it was $40,000 in 2000) Prescott:   $49,488 Oregon:   $50,169 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $17,548 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $203,691 (it was $106,300 in 2000) Prescott:   $203,691 Oregon:   $273,300 Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $198,106; Detached houses: $194,294 Prescott, OR residents, houses, and apartments details Put your B&M business profile right here for free. 20,000 businesses already created their profiles! Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for:  near:   Races in Prescott: White Non-Hispanic (95.8%) American Indian (4.2%) Two or more races (2.8%) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Prescott: 95.1 (less than average, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Prescott, Oregon on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. Prescott is mentioned 26 times on our forum: Moving from Southern California to Oregon  (547 replies) Leaving Portland: my thoughts on the city  (134 replies) Roseburg or where????  (83 replies) So tell me about Eugene  (41 replies) Photo Radar Question  (19 replies) Looking for sunshine  (16 replies) Latest news from Prescott, OR collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations Ancestries: German (26.4%), Irish (19.4%), Dutch (13.9%), Norwegian (12.5%), United States (11.1%), Swedish (8.3%). Current Local Time: PST time zone Incorporated in 1947 Elevation: 25 feet Land area: 0.06 square miles. Population density: 1217 people per square mile   (low).

Latitude: 46.05 N, Longitude: 122.89 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 360

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Average climate in Prescott, Oregon

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Prescott-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Oregon state average. It is 644% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/13/1949 at 19:55:42, a magnitude 7.0 (7.0 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 85.1 miles away from Prescott center, causing $80,000,000 total damage
On 2/28/2001 at 18:54:32, a magnitude 6.8 (6.5 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.8 MW, Depth: 32.2 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 73.5 miles away from the city center, causing $2,000,000,000 total damage and $305,000,000 insured losses
On 4/29/1965 at 15:28:43, a magnitude 6.6 (6.6 UK) earthquake occurred 91.5 miles away from the city center, causing $28,000,000 total damage
On 7/3/1999 at 01:43:54, a magnitude 5.8 (5.4 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.8 MW, 5.3 ME, Depth: 25.2 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 71.8 miles away from Prescott center
On 3/25/1993 at 13:34:35, a magnitude 5.7 (5.5 MB, 5.4 MS, 5.6 MW, 5.7 ML, Depth: 12.8 mi) earthquake occurred 70.2 miles away from the city center
On 2/14/1981 at 06:09:27, a magnitude 5.5 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.5 ML) earthquake occurred 48.4 miles away from Prescott center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), energy magnitude (ME), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

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Average household size:

This city:	2.6 people
Oregon:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	71.4%
Whole state:	65.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	10.7%
Whole state:	6.3%

No gay or lesbian households reported

This city:	7.4%
Whole state:	11.6%

This city:	7.4%
Whole state:	5.0%

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Here		23.5%
USA		50.2%

9.20% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,916 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.20%
Oregon average:	8.89%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

from Washington County, OR	2.25% ($51,491 average AGI)
from Multnomah County, OR	2.17% ($42,818)
from Clackamas County, OR	0.51% ($49,271)

7.48% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($43,486 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.48%
Oregon average:	7.91%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

to Washington County, OR	1.39% ($42,568 average AGI)
to Multnomah County, OR	1.02% ($38,395)
to Cowlitz County, WA	0.74% ($44,664)

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