Best PlacesAllegany, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Allegany, 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.
Allegany ranks 43,361st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Allegany
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.
Allegany's strengths and weaknesses
Where Allegany ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 80% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 116 pleasant days a year, better than 78% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Allegany ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$43,413 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 17% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Allegany
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Allegany home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $43,413, 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 Allegany's effective rate of 0.60%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Allegany
Allegany 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 Allegany.
Who works in Allegany, and how
Work in Allegany centers on hospitality & food and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Allegany
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Allegany, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Allegany, month by month
Allegany sees roughly 116 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 65 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 44° | 39° |
| April | 58° | 48° | 40° |
| July | 65° | 58° | 52° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Allegany
The nearest airport, Southwest Oregon Regional, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 175 miles away.
The best schools in and around Allegany
Schools across Allegany average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Coquille Valley ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Millicoma SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Sunset SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Coquille Junior Senior HighD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Allegany school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Allegany 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 Allegany against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Allegany
Is Allegany a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Allegany ranks 43,361st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, clean air, and few empty homes, and lowest on disaster risk and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Allegany expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $337,704. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $43,413 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Allegany safe?
Yes, Allegany is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $343 per resident a year.
Compare Allegany with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Allegany. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Allegany 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.
Allegany detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Allegany: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Allegany: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Allegany: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Allegany: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Allegany 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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