Juniper CanyonOR
In Oregon, this town has 2,666 residents.
Is Juniper Canyon a good place to live?
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Schools are its strong suit (A) — its schools outperform 87% of the state's. What counts against it is walkability (D). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. It lags on hazard risk as well: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 59% of U.S. communities, with wildfire at the top. Homes run about $408K for a typical one, 4.5 times the Bend metro’s $90K median household income. The overall grade comes out at B, 31st of 142 in Oregon. On that grade it does better than 62% of U.S. towns.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
What makes Juniper Canyon stand out
Where Juniper Canyon beats most towns.
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.
Juniper Canyon’s density of trails is 0.9 miles per square mile, near the Oregon town median (0.8) and above the median of U.S. towns (0.4). There are 86 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve. The biggest place to walk is Prineville Reservoir State Park, 4,112 acres with 8.1 miles of trail.
| 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 people working in Juniper Canyon commute elsewhere
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.
The share of working residents in Juniper Canyon who work locally: 1.3%. Its typical journey to work is 35 minutes, above both Oregon’s towns (23 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 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
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Juniper Canyon
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°.
In Juniper Canyon, the January low 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
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Juniper Canyon: wildfire
FEMA puts 45% of Juniper Canyon’s expected hazard losses down to wildfires, and 29% to inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Juniper Canyon ranks healthier than 51% of the country’s towns
30% of Juniper Canyon adults sleep under 7 hours. Against the Oregon average, Juniper Canyon comes out ahead on 5 CDC measures out of 26, and behind on 8. 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 live in a home they own
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.