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Ukiah, Oregon.

. Hermiston-Pendleton, OR metro.

What it costs per month · Ukiah $2,586/mo

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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Oregon $2,586 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Oregon$2,586
  • United States$1,922

Living in Ukiah, Umatilla County, Oregon

Ukiah is a city of 159 people in Umatilla County. 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 people in Umatilla County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 159 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Ukiah for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.1% Umatilla County, August 2026; 5.3% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Ukiah for the Census survey to measure.

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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Ukiah is a very small city, one of the smallest places a reader is likely to look up. Winters are cold, with December the coldest month and a fair amount of snow, and summers turn hot by July. Precipitation is on the light side across the year.

Work. Residents who have jobs work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, manufacturing, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Umatilla County, the largest workplaces include Good Shepherd Medical Center, the Hermiston school district and Lamb Weston. Unemployment across the county is a little lower than a year ago, though the number of jobs has slipped slightly.

Things to do. The Ukiah–Dale Forest State Scenic Corridor, a protected area, lies in or beside town. A short drive away are the Bridge Creek Wildlife Area and the Battle Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor, both protected areas. Those willing to drive farther can reach the Middle Fork John Day River.

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What people in Umatilla County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Government8%

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

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 44° and 26°; warmest in July, 90° and 53° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 90° 53° A S O N D 44° 26°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 44° and 26°; warmest in July, 90° and 53° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 90° 53° A S O N D 44° 26°

Coldest in December, with highs near 44° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 53°. About 10 inches of snow and 15 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Pilot Rock Southeast weather station, 24 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Umatilla County

  1. WalmartGeneral warehousing and storage1,064
  2. Hermiston SD 8School district714FTE
  3. Good Shepherd Medical CenterCritical access hospital691FTE
  4. Lamb WestonFrozen fruit, juice, and vegetable manufacturing557
  5. Mj's Labor ServicesLabor contractors, farm482
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters388
  7. Pendleton SD 16School district366FTE
  8. Umatilla CountyLegislative bodies325

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 83 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 8,191 people in all across the county; Ukiah has one of its own. 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

  1. WildfireRelatively high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. Winter weatherRelatively high
  4. Cold wavesRelatively high
  5. LandslidesRelatively moderate
  6. Ice stormsRelatively moderate

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

Ukiah 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 Ukiah address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Ukiah — 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.