O Brien, Oregon.
. Grants Pass, OR metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,249 (+93%) since Jan 2020.
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.
- Oregon$2,586
- United States$1,922
Living in O Brien, Josephine County, Oregon
O Brien, in Josephine County, had 470 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $29,252 a year and half less, against $60,098 across Josephine County. Unemployment in Josephine County was 7.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Josephine 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. O Brien is a very small community in Josephine County, Oregon, and its residents are considerably older than people across the country as a whole. Household incomes here run well below the county's. Winters are cool and wet, with a little snow, while summers turn hot, and the year brings a good deal of rain.
Work. Residents who work are most often employed in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, manufacturing, and professional and business services. Across Josephine County, unemployment is slightly lower than a year ago, though the county has fewer jobs than the year before. Among the county's largest workplaces are the school districts Grants Pass SD 7 and Three Rivers/Josephine County Schools, along with Rogue Community College.
Things to do. Illinois River Forks State Park is a short drive away, and so is Great Cats World Park, a zoo. For a longer outing, Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve is a protected area a longer drive away, and the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest is another. The Smith River, a river, also lies a longer drive away.
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What people in Josephine County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Josephine County had 30,834 jobs in 2025, 1.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 47° and lows near 33°; warmest in July, with highs near 94° and lows near 52°. About 7 inches of snow and 61 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cave Junction Wnw weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Josephine County
- Rever GrandCompanion services for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities2,008
- Grants Pass SD 7School district765FTE
- Three Rivers/Josephine County SDSchool district687FTE
- Rogue Community CollegeTwo-year college573
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters425
- Josephine CountySheriffs' offices394
- Masterbrand Cabinets, Grants PassCabinets, kitchen, stock or custom wood, manufacturing361
- District OfficeAcademies, elementary or secondary287
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 76 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 9,250 people in all across the county; O Brien has none of its own. School districts come 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
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in O Brien’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 Josephine County and the Grants Pass, OR metro.
O Brien home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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Zip codes with a O Brien address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls O Brien — 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.