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Oregon›Marion County

Four CornersOR

A town of 16,275.

Is Four Corners a good place to live?

Four Corners earns a D, 109th among Oregon's 142 graded towns, mostly because of health. Residents are less healthy than 81% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. In its favor, it is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. 10% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Four Corners, against 27% in Oregon’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns.

What makes Four Corners stand out

Where Four Corners beats most towns.

A commuter town

98% of working residents leave Four Corners for work

Where Four Corners’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

43% → Salem Salem 43% 7% → Portland Portland 7% 3% → Keizer Keizer 3% 2% → Woodburn Woodburn 2% 2% → Wilsonville Wilsonville 2% 2% → Albany Albany 2% Four Corners · 2% stay
2,969jobs based in Four Corners
2%of working residents work in town
6 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How Four Corners grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Four Corners is from typical.

How grading works
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Nearby attractions

Enchanted Forest and 32 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Four Corners. Close and well known come first.

All 174 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Enchanted Forest: Trashbag (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum: Notkeel at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Reser Stadium: Zapper258, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Silver Falls State Park: Kelvin Kay -- Kkmd at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Willamette Falls: The original uploader was Cacophony at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Oregon Electric Railway Museum: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0

Getting set up

Moving to Four Corners: who provides what

Four Corners is unincorporated, so Marion County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerPortland General Electric18.8¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterSalem Public WorksNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet7 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesMarion CountyMarion County provides services here
SchoolsSalem-Keizer School District 24JWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Oregon you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereMarion County Clerk, Elections OfficeMarion County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jul 2019
ZIP codes97317, 97301, 9730597317 58% · 97301 41% · 97305 1%Census 2020

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 Four Corners.

HealthC−

Four Corners stands out in Oregon and nationally: a larger share of its adults have obesity

46% of Four Corners adults have obesity. Four Corners beats the Oregon average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 28% of Four Corners adults have been diagnosed with depression.

19%healthier than U.S. townsC−Health Grade
Four CornersOregon townsU.S. towns
Obesity (CDC PLACES)46%35%35%
No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES)17%8.4%8.1%
Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES)71%73%79%
Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES)26%20%19%
26 measures vs. Oregon
1 better11 too close to call14 worse
What stands outFour CornersOR
Fewer adults who have had cancer7.2%8.9%
More uninsured adults16.6%8.5%
Salem Hospital
3 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
7th
percentile among OR towns

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

SchoolsC

On state tests, Four Corners’ schools trail 69% of Oregon districts

Its public schools are run by Salem-Keizer SD 24J. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.

31%of OR districts it outscoresCSchool Grade
SchoolLevelStudentsLetter
Auburn Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5Grades K–5592–

NCES · EDFacts · graded within OR on state tests and graduation

Work & commuteJobs & income grade B−

Most of Four Corners’ workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them

Jobs based here grew from 2,142 in 2013 to 2,969.

Most working residents leave Four Corners for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Four Corners has added 827 jobs, to 2,969 in 2023. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Four Corners.

2%work in town
Four CornersOregon townsU.S. towns
Work from home7.8%14%11%
Working residents who work in town2.4%10%8%
Below the poverty line14%11%9.6%
Median household income$70,000$81,000$80,000

Where working residents work

In Four Corners2%
Salem43%
Portland7%
Keizer3%
Woodburn2%
6 mi
median commute distance
2,969
jobs based in Four Corners
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
A
Walkability grade: more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

OutdoorsC+

0.5% of Four Corners is conserved land

2.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Only 7 of the 140 Oregon towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Four Corners.

#69for trails in OR
Four CornersOregon townsU.S. towns
Conserved land0.5%4.4%4.3%
Miles of trail per square mile0.8 miles per square mile0.80.4
0.5%
conserved · 8 of 1,546 acres
2.0 mi
of trails · 0.8 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Santana Village Park0.2 mi4

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Climate

Mild winters and pleasant summers in Four Corners

Four Corners 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.

1″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter36–48°
Spring42–62°
Summer53–79°
Fall44–64°
Nov 1
typical first frost
Apr 3
typical last frost
+1.2°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade C+

Earthquakes leads a high hazard risk in Four Corners

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 65% of U.S. communities.

65risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
65High riskLowerHigher
EarthquakesInland floodingHeat waves

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

HousingCost of living grade C−

Homes in Four Corners sell for about $387K

The median sale price was $387,000 in May 2026.

$387Kmedian sale price
Market temperature
Seller’s marketA seller's marketBuyer’sSeller’s
42
days on market
98.8%
sale-to-list price
12
homes sold in May

Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Four Corners

16pages on Four Corners
After high school

Colleges nearby

5 within 15 miles of the center of Four Corners

About Four Corners

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Four Corners is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Marion County, Oregon, United States, just outside the city limits of Salem but within the city's urban growth boundary. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the CDP was 16,740 at the 2020 census. It is named after the intersection of State Street and Lancaster Drive at the center of the community.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
2.5 sq mi
Elevation
220 ft
Area code
503, 971

Four Corners’s neighbors

One town shares a border with Four Corners.

Explore the map →
How the neighbors grade
TownOR rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Four Corners#109DC−—CC−
Salem#116DDDCB−

Four Corners reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Four Corners with a neighbor →

Questions about Four Corners

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Four Corners, OR a good place to live?

Four Corners grades D overall, better than 11% of U.S. towns and #109 of 142 in Oregon. It grades C− for health and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.

Is Four Corners, OR expensive?

Yes. The typical home is worth about $340,000, 31% 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−.