Best PlacesBandon, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bandon, 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.
Bandon ranks 36,060th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bandon
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.
Bandon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bandon ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute15.9 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
Where Bandon ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Household income$50,532 median, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bandon
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bandon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $50,532, 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 Bandon's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Bandon
Bandon 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 Bandon.
Who works in Bandon, and how
Work in Bandon centers on retail trade and arts & entertainment. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Bandon
Bandon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns. The coast is about 3 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bandon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bandon, month by month
Bandon 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 Bandon
The nearest airport, Southwest Oregon Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 193 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bandon
Schools across Bandon average a C+, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ocean Crest Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Sunset SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harbor Lights Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Pacific High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Bandon Senior High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bandon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bandon 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 Bandon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bandon
Is Bandon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bandon ranks 36,060th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, short commutes, and clean air, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bandon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $456,322. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $50,532 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Bandon safe?
Bandon is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $496 per resident a year.
Compare Bandon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bandon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bandon 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.
Bandon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bandon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bandon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bandon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bandon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bandon 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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