Juniper CanyonOR
A town of 2,666.
Is Juniper Canyon a good place to live?
Juniper Canyon is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 31st of 142 graded towns in Oregon, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its public schools beat 87% of Oregon towns on state tests and graduation. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $85K. A typical home there costs about $408K, 4.5 years of the Bend metro’s $90K median household income. 36% of the land in Juniper Canyon is conserved, above both Oregon’s towns (4.3%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). On walkability, just 8 of Oregon’s 228 towns do worse. The biggest place to walk is Prineville Reservoir State Park, 4,112 acres with 8.1 miles of trail.
99% of working residents leave Juniper Canyon for work
Where Juniper Canyon’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Juniper Canyon grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Juniper Canyon is from typical.
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Moving to Juniper Canyon: who provides what
Juniper Canyon is unincorporated, so Crook 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 Juniper Canyon.
Juniper Canyon has a shorter frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns, keeps more of its land conserved than most of Oregon and sends most of its workers to Prineville and beyond.
Nearly a third of Juniper Canyon is conserved land
Its 22,139 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 99% of Oregon towns.
86 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Juniper Canyon’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile, near the Oregon town median (0.8) and above the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Prineville Reservoir State Park | 8.1 mi | 4,112 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents commute out of Juniper Canyon
Juniper Canyon has 55 jobs for its 1,021 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 34.7 minutes, against 23 across Oregon.
Most working residents leave Juniper Canyon for work: only 1% work in town. Juniper Canyon’s average trip to work is 35 minutes. The top destinations are Prineville (26%), Bend (15%) and Redmond (9%).
| Juniper Canyon | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Juniper Canyon has four seasons and pleasant summers
The Prineville weather station, 8 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 113 days, shorter than in 98% of U.S. towns. January nights average 25°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 82% of Oregon places with climate records; July afternoons average 83.7°.
Juniper Canyon has chilly winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. The January low in Juniper Canyon is 25°F. About 9 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Juniper Canyon | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 25°F | 36°F | 22°F |
| July high | 84°F | 82°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Wildfire leads a moderate hazard risk in Juniper Canyon
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 59% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Juniper Canyon ranks healthier than 51% of the country’s towns
Juniper Canyon beats the Oregon average on 5 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 43% of Juniper Canyon adults have high blood pressure. Among 142 Oregon towns, just 9 have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Juniper Canyon.
| Juniper Canyon | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 33% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Juniper Canyon | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.3% | 12.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79% | 71.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.1% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with most of Oregon and the rest of the country, more of Juniper Canyon’s households own their home
96% of households own their home in Juniper Canyon.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Juniper Canyon
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Juniper Canyon; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Juniper Canyon residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oregon.
About Juniper Canyon
Census-designated place in Oregon, United States
Juniper Canyon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Crook County, Oregon, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Juniper Canyon had a population of 2,564. The CDP is an area of low-density housing in western Crook County, bordered to the northwest by the city of Prineville, the county seat. The CDP is bordered to the west by Oregon Route 27, to the north and east by Oregon Route 380, and to the south by Prineville Reservoir on the Crooked River, a northwest-flowing tributary of the Deschutes River. Juniper Canyon Road crosses the CDP from just outside Prineville in the northwest to its end at Prineville Reservoir State Park in the southeast. …
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- Area
- 96 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,901 ft
- Area code
- 458, 541
Juniper Canyon’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Juniper Canyon.
| Town | OR rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Canyon | #31 | B | B | — | A | B− |
| Prineville | #57 | C+ | C | — | A | C+ |
Juniper Canyon and Prineville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Juniper Canyon with a neighbor →
Questions about Juniper Canyon
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Juniper Canyon, OR a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Juniper Canyon grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #31 of 142 in Oregon. It grades B− for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Juniper Canyon, OR expensive?
The typical home is worth about $409,000, 17% 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 B.