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Juniper Canyon, Oregon.

A community in Crook County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Crook County’s.

Living in Juniper Canyon, Crook County, Oregon

Juniper Canyon, in Crook County, had 2,564 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $84,861 a year and half less, against $81,965 across Crook County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 96% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 4% are rented. Unemployment in Crook County was 5.6% in August 2026, and the county had 1.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Crook County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,564 in the 2020 census; median age 50.7
Household income $84,861 the median, give or take $14,435 · Crook County: $81,965
Unemployment 5.6% Crook County, August 2026; 5.5% a year before
Homes 96% lived in by their owners; 4% rented
  • 1,061households
  • 18%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 35 mintypical commute
  • 10%work from home

What people in Crook County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Building trades11%
  • Manufacturing11%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Crook County had 7,422 jobs in 2025, 1.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 42° and 24°; warmest in July, 87° and 49° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 87° 49° A S O N D 42° 24°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 42° and 24°; warmest in July, 87° and 49° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 87° 49° A S O N D 42° 24°

Coldest in December, with highs near 42° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 49°. About 9 inches of snow and 10 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Prineville weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Crook County

  1. Crook County SDSchool district437FTE
  2. Les SchwabAutomotive tire dealers234
  3. Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture186
  4. Les SchwabAutomotive tire dealers172
  5. R2 ContractorsExcavation contractors160
  6. St. Charles MED CTR - PrinevilleCritical access hospital153FTE
  7. Centerline DrillingExcavation contractors108
  8. Hodge WesternExcavation contractors100

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 22 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,725 people in all across the county; Juniper Canyon has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026) 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

  1. WildfireRelatively high
  2. Winter weatherRelatively high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. HailRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Juniper Canyon’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Crook County.