RedwoodOR
A town of 3,721.
Is Redwood a good place to live?
Redwood earns a D, 113th among Oregon's 142 graded towns, mostly because of health. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 76% of the country. What it does well: it is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns. Redwood’s July high is 90°F, above both Oregon’s towns (82°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). Only 14 of Oregon’s 228 towns score lower on the outdoors. The biggest park or preserve is Schroeder County Park, at 28 acres.
100% of working residents leave Redwood for work
Where Redwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Redwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Redwood is from typical.
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Moving to Redwood: who provides what
Redwood is unincorporated, so Josephine 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 Redwood.
Redwood sends most of its workers to Grants Pass and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Oregon and has little public open land.
A larger share of adults report frequent physical distress in Redwood than in most of Oregon or the rest of the country
19% of adults report frequent physical distress in Redwood. Redwood beats the Oregon average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 27% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Redwood.
| Redwood | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 33% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Redwood | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.9% | 15.4% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.7% | 71.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.3% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer of Redwood’s working residents work locally than in the typical Oregon or U.S. town
Redwood has 163 jobs for its 1,032 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.3% of Redwood working residents work locally. Jobs based in Redwood grew to 163 in 2023, 39 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Redwood is 21 minutes.
| Redwood | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Redwood faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Redwood has mild winters and hot summers
Redwood has mild winters and warm summers. Redwood’s January low is 35°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Redwood has set aside 1.2% of its land for conservation
Just 26 of its 2,235 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Redwood itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Schroeder County Park | — | 28 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Redwood sell for about $817K
At 6.6 years of the Grants Pass metro’s $60K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 75% of Oregon towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Redwood
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Redwood
About 3 of every 100 Redwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oregon.
About Redwood
Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
Redwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Josephine County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census, Redwood had a population of 2,702. It has lost territory to the neighboring city of Grants Pass.
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- Area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 935 ft
- Area code
- 458, 541
Redwood’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Redwood.
| Town | OR rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redwood | #113 | D | C− | — | B− | C− |
| Grants Pass | #126 | D− | D | D | B− | C |
Redwood reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Redwood with a neighbor →
Questions about Redwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Redwood, OR a good place to live?
Redwood grades D overall, better than 9% of U.S. towns and #113 of 142 in Oregon. It grades C− for health and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Redwood, OR expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $398,000, 19% 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−.