BarviewOR
A town of 1,684.
Is Barview a good place to live?
Barview’s weakest subject grade is a D for hazard risk. Barview’s July high is 66°F, against 82°F in Oregon’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 16 of Oregon’s 228 towns do worse. Barview has 1 place on the National Register. Barview has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
97% of working residents leave Barview for work
Where Barview’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Barview grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Barview is from typical.
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Moving to Barview: who provides what
Barview is unincorporated, so Coos County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Oct 2, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Barview.
The FEMA risk score in Barview is higher than in most of Oregon or the rest of the country
Barview’s FEMA risk score is 92 of 100, above both Oregon’s towns (64 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100).
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Barview’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Barview for work: only 3% work in town. 4.5% of Barview residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Coos Bay (28%), North Bend (13%) and Grants Pass (3%).
| Barview | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 9.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Barview, a typical January night runs milder than in the typical Oregon or U.S. town
The January low in Barview is 40°F. Barview has warm winters and cool summers, with plenty of rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Barview are healthier than 52% of U.S. towns
Barview beats the Oregon average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 38% of adults have high blood pressure in Barview.
| Barview | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 72% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Barview | OR |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 75.2% | 71.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Barview has set aside 1.4% of its land for conservation
1.1 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Barview | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.4% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Barview sell for about $399K
Among 143 Oregon towns, just 9 have a higher share of households owning their home than Barview. Barview’s median rent is $1,125 a month.
| Barview | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,125 a month | $1,414 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Barview
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Barview
About 0 of every 100 Barview residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oregon.
About Barview
Census-designated place in Oregon, United States
Barview is a census-designated place (CDP) in Coos County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census, Barview had a population of 1,890.
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- Area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 23 ft
- Area code
- 458, 541
Questions about Barview
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Barview, OR expensive?
The typical home is worth about $247,000, 50% below the Oregon typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.