Sweet Home is in reasonable proximity to the variety of goods and services offered by the larger metropolitan areas.
Index: As of August 17, 2005, the Comsumers Price Indes for Portland/Salem, Oregon was 194.5 (Based on 100 from 1982-84) Information from the University of Oregon Libraries http://libweb.uoregon.edu/govdocs/govinfo.html
Taxes:
2005-2006 Property Tax Rates
Sweet Home tax rates are in compression as a result of Measure 5 passed in 1990. The general government and education falls within the compressed rates. Sales Tax: Oregon has neither sales tax nor inventory tax. The 2005 composit tax rate for the City of Sweet Home is $21.0959 per $1,000 assessed value*.
* The composite tax rate is the total average rate for the taxing district, paid by property owners for schools and local government services. Source - Linn County Assessor Mark Noakes.
