Hermiston, Oregon.
Typical home $344,268 (+2.3% in a year), asking rent $1,688 (+5.7%). Hermiston-Pendleton, OR metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$975 (+117%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,609 +2%
- $336,659$344,268 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $52,816 +18%
- $291,452$344,268 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Hermiston$1,807
- Oregon$2,586
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.
Typical home values in Hermiston, OR rose 2.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in Hermiston, OR rose 5.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +2.7%.
Owning the typical home in Hermiston runs $747/mo more than renting one — the widest that gap has been in this data.
That is $2,435 a month against $1,688 rent: a $1,807 mortgage payment, plus $260 property tax and $369 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — Hermiston
The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.
- Owning all in$2,435
- Renting$1,688
- Mortgage only$1,807
Property tax · $260/mo 0.90% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Umatilla County, OR
Insurance & upkeep · $369/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.
Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.
Living in Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon
Hermiston is a city of 19,354 people in Umatilla County. Half its households earn more than $66,998 a year and half less, against $67,728 across Umatilla County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in Umatilla County was 5.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Hermiston is a city in Umatilla County with a younger population than much of the country, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Incomes run close to the county's, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and summers are hot, with very little rain or snow through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, and in manufacturing. Among the largest workplaces in town are Hermiston SD 8, Good Shepherd Medical Center and Walmart. Getting to work takes little time, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. A short drive away, Hat Rock State Park is a protected area, and Lake Wallula is a reservoir for time on the water. Also a short drive away, the Umatilla River offers a quieter stretch of riverside. The Snake River is a longer drive for those who want to go further.
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- 6,564households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Umatilla County had 32,978 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 42° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 59°. About 9 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hermiston Municipal Airport weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Hermiston
- Hermiston SD 8School district714FTE
- Good Shepherd Medical CenterCritical access hospital691FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters388
- ClaytonManufactured home manufacturing236
- City of HermistonExecutive and legislative office combinations163
- EC Electric -HUBElectrical contractors150
- SafewaySupermarkets and other grocery stores139
- Regency Hermiston Nursing & Rehabilitation CenterSkilled nursing facilities134
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 16 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,690 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesVery high
- Ice stormsVery high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hermiston’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Umatilla County and the Hermiston-Pendleton, OR metro.
Hermiston home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hermiston$344,268
- Oregon$492,753
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Hermiston listings, and the typical home goes pending in 33 days — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Hermiston24.68%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hermiston92
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hermiston25
Zip codes with a Hermiston address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hermiston — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.