Best PlacesBeaverton, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beaverton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Beaverton ranks 43rd of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $112,360, wages outrun the cost of living, and good schools ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are childcare costs, a weak job market, and noise.
The best neighborhoods in Beaverton
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.
The best areas in Beaverton
The parts of Beaverton, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill
More adults hold degrees, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Cooper Mountain Aloha South & Sexton Mountain
It is quieter, though streets are more car-dependent.
South Beaverton, Neighbors Southwest & Highlands
Tree cover is thicker, though fewer households have young kids.
Five Oaks, Triple Creek & Sommerset West-Elmonica North
Crime runs lower.
Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill North
Fewer homes sit empty.
Vose, Raleigh West & West Slope
Transit reaches more jobs, though fewer residents vote.
Greenway & Denny Whitford
Health outcomes score lower and prices have run up more.
Cooper Mountain-Aloha North
Disaster risk is higher and health care is harder to reach.
Central Beaverton & West Beaverton
Scores close to Cooper Mountain-Aloha North, except that heat risk is higher here.
Scores across Beaverton run from about the 25th to the 100th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Beaverton's strengths and weaknesses
Beaverton ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. Clean air is the standout, in the top 1% of cities. Few empty homes and good schools follow.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Childcare costs, a weak job market, and noise hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Beaverton ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of cities
- School gradeA−, better than 92% of cities
- BikingBetter than 92% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of cities
Where Beaverton ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,642 a month, better than only 9% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 34% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 35% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 36% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 39% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Beaverton
A household needs to earn about $152,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beaverton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $112,360, 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 Beaverton's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Beaverton
Beaverton's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Beaverton.
Who works in Beaverton, and how
Work in Beaverton centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Beaverton
Beaverton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of cities and more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Beaverton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Beaverton, month by month
Beaverton sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 69° | 52° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Beaverton
Portland International sits about 13 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Beaverton
Schools across Beaverton average an A−, better than 92% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Bethany Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Bonny Slope Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Scholls Heights Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Whitford Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Meadow Park Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Cedar Park Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Forest Grove High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Southridge High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Tualatin High SchoolA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beaverton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beaverton 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 Beaverton against the other 444 cities.
Who Beaverton suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 80% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 25% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Beaverton
Is Beaverton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beaverton ranks 43rd of 445 cities. It scores highest on clean air, few empty homes, and good schools, and lowest on childcare costs and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Beaverton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $568,176. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $112,360 median income, cost of living beats 80% of cities.
Is Beaverton safe?
Yes, Beaverton is safer than 65% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $437 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Beaverton?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 49 with lows near 33. That works out to about 97 pleasant days a year, more than 46% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Beaverton?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Cooper Mountain Aloha South & Sexton Mountain, and South Beaverton, Neighbors Southwest & Highlands. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Beaverton good for families?
Schools beat 92% of cities, crime safety beats 65%, and childcare runs $1,642 a month.
Is Beaverton good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 80% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 82% of cities. About 25% of workers already work from home.
Compare Beaverton with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beaverton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beaverton 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.
Beaverton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beaverton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beaverton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beaverton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beaverton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beaverton 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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