Maupin, Oregon.
Typical home $341,040 (+5.5% in a year). The Dalles, OR metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$21 (+1%) since Nov 2023.
- 1 year
- Up $17,826 +6%
- $323,213$341,040 since Sep 2025
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.
- Maupin$1,790
- Oregon$2,586
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Maupin, OR rose 5.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Maupin, Wasco County, Oregon
Maupin is a city of 427 people in Wasco County. Unemployment in Wasco County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Wasco County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Maupin is a very small city in Wasco County, where neighbors tend to know one another. Typical home values here run higher than household incomes across the county would suggest, which is worth knowing for anyone weighing a move. Winters are cold, with December the coldest month, and summers turn hot, with July the warmest.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, as well as in shops, restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in farming, forestry and mining. Across Wasco County, some of the largest workplaces are Mid-columbia Medical Center, North Wasco County SD 21 and Fred Meyer Stores. Job numbers across the county have been close to level, and the typical commute is a fairly long one.
Things to do. White River Falls State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away, as is Sherars Falls, a waterfall. The White River itself is also a short drive from town. For a day trip, the Mount Hood National Recreation Area, another protected area, is a longer drive away.
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- 27 mintypical commute
What people in Wasco County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Wasco County had 11,532 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 39° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 52°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Kent weather station, 19 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Wasco County
- Mid-columbia Medical CenterGeneral hospital516FTE
- North Wasco County SD 21School district427FTE
- Fred Meyer StoresWarehouse clubs and supercenters242
- Orchard ViewCherry farming237
- Veterans Care Centers of OregonSkilled nursing facilities192
- McClaskey OrchardsCherry farming178
- Columbia Gorge Community CollegeTwo-year college158
- GXO Logistics WorldwideGeneral warehousing and storage143
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 33 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,188 people in all across the county; Maupin has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- WildfireVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Maupin’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Wasco County and the The Dalles, OR metro.
Maupin home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Maupin$341,040
- Oregon$492,753
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Maupin11
Zip codes with a Maupin address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Maupin — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.