Best PlacesBurnt Woods, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Burnt Woods, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Burnt Woods ranks 35,323rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Burnt Woods
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.
Burnt Woods' strengths and weaknesses
Where Burnt Woods ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$106,250 median, better than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 81% of towns
Where Burnt Woods ranks low
- Short commute51.2 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Burnt Woods
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Burnt Woods home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $106,250, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Burnt Woods' effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Burnt Woods
Burnt Woods runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Burnt Woods.
Who works in Burnt Woods, and how
Work in Burnt Woods centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Burnt Woods
The coast is about 34 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Burnt Woods, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Burnt Woods, month by month
Burnt Woods sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 63 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 45° | 41° |
| April | 55° | 48° | 42° |
| July | 63° | 57° | 50° |
| October | 60° | 53° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Burnt Woods
The nearest airport, McNary Field, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Burnt Woods
Schools across Burnt Woods average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Philomath Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Crestview Heights SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Philomath Middle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Philomath High SchoolA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Burnt Woods school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Burnt Woods 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 Burnt Woods against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Burnt Woods
Is Burnt Woods a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Burnt Woods ranks 35,323rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, tree cover, and high incomes, and lowest on long commutes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Burnt Woods expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $349,561. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $106,250 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Burnt Woods safe?
Burnt Woods is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $491 per resident a year.
Compare Burnt Woods with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Burnt Woods. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Burnt Woods 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.
Burnt Woods detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Burnt Woods: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Burnt Woods: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Burnt Woods: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Burnt Woods: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Burnt Woods 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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