Best PlacesAgness, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Agness, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Agness ranks 42,313th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Agness
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Agness' strengths and weaknesses
Where Agness ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 128 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of towns
Where Agness ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Agness
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Agness home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $57,889, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Agness' effective rate of 0.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Agness
Agness runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Agness.
Who works in Agness, and how
Work in Agness centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 56%
- Work from home 39%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Agness
The coast is about 44 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Agness, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Agness, month by month
Agness sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs June through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 48° | 41° |
| April | 61° | 51° | 43° |
| July | 70° | 59° | 52° |
| October | 67° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Agness
The nearest airport, Jack McNamara Field, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 222 miles away.
The best schools in and around Agness
Schools across Agness average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Manzanita Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Powers Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fleming Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Lorna Byrne Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- North Valley High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Gold Beach High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Illinois Valley High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Agness school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Agness measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Agness against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Agness
Is Agness a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Agness ranks 42,313th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, clean air, and low property taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Agness expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $307,950. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $57,889 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Agness safe?
Agness is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $359 per resident a year.
Compare Agness with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Agness. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Agness represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Agness detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Agness: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Agness: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Agness: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Agness: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Agness detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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