WYLT Neighborhood Rankings · 2026

Best Neighborhoods
in Oregon

Ranked by safety, schools, walkability, and value. Every verdict is based on real data — no sponsored rankings, no fluff.

25 neighborhoods reviewed
1 "Settle here" picks
13 "Good for now" picks

#1 Pick in Oregon

West Linn, West Linn is the top-rated neighborhood in Oregon our highest verdict.

Top 25 Neighborhoods in Oregon

#1

West Linn

Settle here

West Linn, OR

Price

$701K

Walk

14/100

Schools

8.6/10

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#2

Tualatin

Good for now

Tualatin, OR

Price

$567K

Walk

8/100

Schools

8.6/10

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#3

Corvallis

Good for now

Corvallis, OR

Price

$463K

Walk

26/100

Schools

8.6/10

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#4

Beaverton

Good for now

Beaverton, OR

Price

$448K

Walk

44/100

Schools

8.7/10

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#5

Bend

Good for now

Bend, OR

Price

$488K

Walk

7/100

Schools

8.6/10

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#6

Portland

Good for now

Portland, OR

Price

$536K

Walk

30/100

Schools

8.6/10

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#7

Salem

Good for now

Salem, OR

Price

$275K

Walk

33/100

Schools

8/10

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#8

Lake Oswego

Good for now

Lake Oswego, OR

Price

$921K

Schools

8.6/10

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#9

McMinnville

Good for now

McMinnville, OR

Price

$387K

Walk

25/100

Schools

8.3/10

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#10

Roseburg

Good for now

Roseburg, OR

Price

$234K

Schools

7.4/10

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#11

Hillsboro

Good for now

Hillsboro, OR

Price

$458K

Walk

7/100

Schools

8.6/10

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#12

Redmond

Good for now

Redmond, OR

Price

$424K

Schools

8/10

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#13

Woodburn

Good for now

Woodburn, OR

Price

$292K

Walk

6/100

Schools

7.5/10

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#14

Grants Pass

Good for now

Grants Pass, OR

Price

$349K

Schools

7.9/10

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#15

Portland

Think twice

Portland, OR

Price

$694K

Walk

61/100

Schools

8.4/10

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#16

Portland

Think twice

Portland, OR

Price

$641K

Walk

55/100

Schools

8.5/10

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#17

Eugene

Think twice

Eugene, OR

Price

$451K

Walk

38/100

Schools

8.1/10

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#18

Portland

Think twice

Portland, OR

Price

$382K

Walk

30/100

Schools

8.3/10

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#19

Gresham

Think twice

Gresham, OR

Price

$374K

Walk

28/100

Schools

8.1/10

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#20

Springfield

Think twice

Springfield, OR

Price

$311K

Walk

27/100

Schools

8.2/10

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#21

Portland

Think twice

Portland, OR

Price

$529K

Walk

18/100

Schools

8.6/10

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#22

Medford

Think twice

Medford, OR

Price

$298K

Schools

8.2/10

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#23

Portland

Think twice

Portland, OR

Price

$658K

Walk

17/100

Schools

8.4/10

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#24

Portland

Think twice

Portland, OR

Price

$792K

Walk

15/100

Schools

8.3/10

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#25

Albany

Think twice

Albany, OR

Price

$398K

Walk

3/100

Schools

8.1/10

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How we rank neighborhoods in Oregon

Every neighborhood on this list was evaluated using real data across four dimensions: safety (violent and property crime risk), schools (rating out of 10), walkability (Walk Score out of 100), and home prices relative to the Oregon average. Our scoring model weighs each factor equally and assigns one of four plain-English verdicts — from "Settle here" (our highest rating) to "Hard pass" — so you know exactly where each place stands without having to decode letter grades.

Rankings are updated as new reports are generated. All data is sourced from public records, national databases, and our AI-assisted analysis. Click any neighborhood to read its full report.