Best PlacesButte Falls, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Butte Falls, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Butte Falls ranks 32,642nd 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 Butte Falls
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.
Butte Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Butte Falls ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 119 pleasant days a year, better than 80% of towns
Where Butte Falls ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Short commute34.4 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,112 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Butte Falls
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Butte Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $71,400, 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 Butte Falls' effective rate of 0.46%, 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 Butte Falls
Butte Falls 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 Butte Falls.
Who works in Butte Falls, and how
Work in Butte Falls centers on agriculture & forestry and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Butte Falls
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Butte Falls.
What the weather is like in Butte Falls, month by month
Butte Falls sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 41° | 32° |
| April | 70° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 96° | 77° | 59° |
| October | 73° | 56° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Butte Falls
The nearest airport, Rogue Valley International/Medford, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 211 miles away.
The best schools in and around Butte Falls
Schools across Butte Falls average a B−, better than 73% of towns.
Top high schools
- Eagle Point High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Butte Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Butte Falls 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 Butte Falls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Butte Falls
Is Butte Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Butte Falls ranks 32,642nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, few empty homes, and walkability, and lowest on disaster risk and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Butte Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $379,328. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $71,400 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Butte Falls safe?
Butte Falls is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $738 per resident a year.
Compare Butte Falls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Butte Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Butte Falls 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.
Butte Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Butte Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Butte Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Butte Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Butte Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Butte Falls 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.