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A town settled in 1887, now home to 602 people.
Of the 143 Oregon towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Crabtree. Crabtree Creek-Hoffman Covered Bridge and Henry and Mary Cyrus Barn is on the National Register of Historic Places. Crabtree has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2008.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Crabtree is unincorporated, so Linn 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Crabtree.
The FEMA risk score in Crabtree is 82 of 100. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2020. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 48% come from earthquakes and 46% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Employers in Crabtree added 28 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 38. In Crabtree, the middle household income is $121,000, against $81,000 in Oregon’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. The share of residents in Crabtree who live below the poverty line: 3.7%. The top destinations are Albany (18%), Lebanon (11%) and Scio (9%).
| Crabtree | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $121,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.7% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 9.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 35° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Crabtree, 13% of adults have diabetes. Against the Oregon average, Crabtree comes out ahead on 2 CDC measures out of 26, and behind on 7. The share of adults in Crabtree who have obesity is 40%, where Oregon’s towns sit at 35% and U.S. towns at 35%.
| Crabtree | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 27% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Crabtree | OR |
|---|---|---|
| More adults seeing a dentist | 68.9% | 64.7% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 75.6% | 71.4% |
| More adults with arthritis | 35.7% | 27.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crabtree. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Stadium & arenaReser Stadium
14 mi Theme parkEnchanted Forest
21 mi State parkSilver Falls State Park
29 mi MuseumOregon Electric Railway Museum
25 mi GardenOregon Garden22 mi MuseumHallie Ford Museum of Art30K visitors a yearReser Stadium: Zapper258, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Enchanted Forest: Trashbag (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Silver Falls State Park: Kelvin Kay -- Kkmd at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Oregon Electric Railway Museum: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Oregon Garden: Daderot, CC0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Crabtree
About 0 of every 100 Crabtree residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oregon.
Where Crabtree’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
Crabtree is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Linn County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census, Crabtree had a population of 406. It has a post office with a ZIP code of 97335. Crabtree lies off Oregon Route 226 about 10 miles (16 km) east of Albany. The town received its name when the Southern Pacific Railroad reached there. Crabtree Creek and Crabtree Lake in Linn County were named for pioneer John J. Crabtree, a native of Virginia, who arrived in the Oregon Country in 1845. He wintered in the Tualatin Plains, then bought the William Packwood Donation Land Claim east of the forks of the Santiam River in the spring in 1846. The station and community were n…
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Crabtree has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
