Green MeadowsOR
Home to 584 people, this town lies in Oregon.
Is Green Meadows a good place to live?
60% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Green Meadows, above both the Oregon town median (27%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). No town among the 143 in Oregon we compare has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Green Meadows. Green Meadows has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
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A smaller share of residents live below the poverty line in Green Meadows than in most of Oregon or the rest of the country
The share of working residents in Green Meadows who work locally: 0.3%. The top destinations are Pendleton (49%), Mission (10%) and Hermiston (4%). Half of commuters travel less than 5 miles.
| Green Meadows | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.7% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
23% of adults in Green Meadows have been diagnosed with depression, against 27% in Oregon’s towns and 23% across U.S. towns
For adults in Green Meadows, the share who have high blood pressure is 36%. Against the Oregon average, Green Meadows comes out ahead on 7 CDC measures out of 26, and behind on 2. Among 143 Oregon towns, just 10 have a lower share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Green Meadows. Two figures for adults here: 15% report frequent mental distress, 19% get no exercise outside work.
| Green Meadows | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 21% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 78% | 72% | 79% |
| What stands out | Green Meadows | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.3% | 8.5% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9% | 12.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.5% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Green Meadows: inland flooding
Compared with 52% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Green Meadows is lower. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 33% come from inland flooding and 30% from wildfires.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conservation land takes up 0.2% of Green Meadows
Among 141 Oregon towns, just 4 have a lower share of conserved land than Green Meadows. This Oregon town has one park or preserve, 6 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Green Meadows
Moving to Green Meadows: who provides what
Green Meadows is unincorporated, so Umatilla 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.
100% of working residents leave Green Meadows for work
Where Green Meadows’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Green Meadows
About 1 of every 100 Green Meadows residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oregon.
About Green Meadows
Census-designated place in Oregon, United States
Green Meadows is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. It was first listed as a CDP following the 2010 census. As of the 2020 census, Green Meadows had a population of 675. The CDP is in central Umatilla County along U.S. Route 395, 5 miles (8 km) south of Pendleton, the county seat. It is on the east side of the valley of McKay Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the Umatilla River, which in turn is a west-flowing tributary of the Columbia.
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- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,161 ft
- Area code
- 458, 541
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