West ScioOR
This town in Oregon has a population of 38.
Is West Scio a good place to live?
West Scio’s age of the median resident is 25.6 years, below both the Oregon town median (39.4 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Of the 143 Oregon towns we compare, none has a higher owner-occupancy rate than West Scio. West Scio has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
38 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in West Scio.
West Scio faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by earthquakes
FEMA puts 48% of West Scio’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 46% to inland flooding. Compared with just over four fifths of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is higher.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in West Scio brings mild winters and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 82° and January nights of 35°, with about 2 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy West Scio is
Only 7 of the 143 Oregon towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than West Scio. On the CDC’s 26 measures, West Scio is ahead of Oregon on 4 and behind on 9. The share of adults in West Scio who have high blood pressure: 43%.
| West Scio | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | West Scio | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.9% | 15.4% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.3% | 71.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 10.2% | 6.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about West Scio
Reser Stadium and 17 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around West Scio. Close and well known come first.
22 mi Stadium & arenaReser Stadium
11 mi Theme parkEnchanted Forest
36 mi MuseumEvergreen Aviation & Space Museum
17 mi State parkSilver Falls State Park
24 mi MuseumOregon Electric Railway Museum
20 mi GardenOregon GardenPhoto credits
Reser Stadium: Zapper258, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Enchanted Forest: Trashbag (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum: Notkeel at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Silver Falls State Park: Kelvin Kay -- Kkmd at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Oregon Electric Railway Museum: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Oregon Garden: Daderot, CC0
Moving to West Scio: who provides what
West Scio is unincorporated, so Linn 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.
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of West Scio
About 0 of every 100 West Scio residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oregon.
About West Scio
Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
West Scio is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Linn County, Oregon, United States. It lies at the intersection of Jefferson–Scio Road and West Scio Road about 2 miles (3 km) west of Scio. As of the 2020 census, West Scio had a population of 126.
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- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 318 ft
- Area code
- 503, 971
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