Орегон штатындағы Halfway қаласы

City in Oregon, United States

Halfway is a city in Baker County, Oregon, United States. The city took its name from the location of its post office, on the Alexander Stalker ranch, halfway between Pine and Jim Town. The population was 351 at the 2020 census. During the dot com bubble, Halfway agreed to rename itself Half. com for a year as a publicity stunt for the e commerce company of the same name. While a post office was established in 1887, the town was platted in another location in 1907, the post office moved there in 1908, and it incorporated in 1909.

Halfway earned a place in the history of the dot com era in December 1999, when it received and accepted an offer to rename itself as Half. com, after the e commerce start up, for one year in exchange for , 20 computers for the school, and other financial subsidies. It became the first city in the world to rename itself as a dot com. The proclamation did not legally change its name.

Halfway is located 54 mile (87 km) east of Baker City, along Oregon Route 86, halfway between Pine and Cornucopia, which gave the town its name. The city's geographic coordinates of 44°52′42″N 117°6′38″W (making it close to the midpoint between the equator and the North Pole) were part of the reason for Half. com to choose the town for its advertising gimmick.

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Halfway has a dry summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dsb).

As of the 2020 US Census, there was a total population of 351 people. The median household income was $39,083 with an employment rate of 45.7%. Total number of households was 161 with 203 total housing units. 12.4% of residents held a bachelor's degree or higher.

As of the census of 2010, there were 288 people, 153 households, and 76 families residing in the city. The population density was There were 199 housing units at an average density of The racial makeup of the city was 94.1% White, 1.7% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 1.4% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.5% of the population. There were 153 households, of which 19.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.6% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 0.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 50.3% were non families. 46.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.88 and the average family size was 2.63.