Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Public schools that outperform most of Oregon.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Dundee grades B+ overall, 29th of 142 graded towns in Oregon. Its public schools beat 81% of Oregon towns on state tests and graduation and the median household earns $107K. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $593K, 6.1 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. Among 142 Oregon towns, just 2 have a higher share of households owning their home than Dundee.
Where Dundee beats most towns.
Where Dundee’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Dundee is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 124 in 1900, 3,238 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1915 and 2 maps from 1956 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dundee. Close and well known come first.
8 mi MuseumEvergreen Aviation & Space Museum
24 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
23 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
22 mi MuseumPittock Mansion
23 mi GardenForest Park
24 mi Stadium & arenaVeterans Memorial ColiseumEvergreen Aviation & Space Museum: Notkeel at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Moda Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Veterans Memorial Coliseum: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dundee, and how to reach them.
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 Dundee.
Dundee owes part of its health edge to its incomes, pairs an A− for schools with high home prices and has added half again as many jobs in ten years.
Its A− for schools comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $593K.
Its public schools are run by Newberg SD 29J. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 216 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OR on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 406 in 2013 to 630.
3.3% of Dundee residents live below the poverty line, where Oregon’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Jobs based in Dundee grew to 630 in 2023, 224 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Dundee is 21 minutes.
| Dundee | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $107,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 17% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 7,649 U.S. towns with household incomes like Dundee’s, it is healthier than 54%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Dundee beats the Oregon average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 19% of Dundee adults get no exercise outside work, below both Oregon’s towns (21%) and U.S. towns (25%). 12% of Dundee adults smoke cigarettes.
| Dundee | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 21% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 72% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Dundee | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.6% | 6.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Children under 18 are 29% of residents (20% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (23% statewide). 42% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Dundee.
| Dundee | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 27% | 29% |
| Median age | 41 years | 39.3 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across Oregon, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Dundee | OR | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.9% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.3% | 9.6% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.3% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.2% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.2% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.4% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.7% | 11.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.9% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23% | 22.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.9% | 23.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.3% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.1% | 14.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,200, single groups can be off by several points
Dundee has mild winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 36° and about 1 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Dundee’s median rent is $2,115 a month. The typical Dundee home is worth about $593,000, about the same as a year ago, 20% above the Oregon typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 59% of U.S. communities. Since 1997, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Dundee.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Dundee | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sander Estate | 0.4 mi | 5 |
| 2. Billick Park | 0.3 mi | 4 |
| 3. Falcon Crest Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Dundee
About 3 of every 100 Dundee residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oregon.
City in Oregon, United States
Dundee is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. The population was 3,238 at the 2020 census.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Dundee grades B+ overall, better than 65% of U.S. towns and #29 of 142 in Oregon. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
