Best PlacesCannon Beach, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cannon Beach, 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.
Cannon Beach ranks 28,842nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cannon Beach
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.
Cannon Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cannon Beach ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
Where Cannon Beach ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cannon Beach
A household needs to earn about $198,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cannon Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $69,724, 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 Cannon Beach's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach 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 Cannon Beach.
Who works in Cannon Beach, and how
Work in Cannon Beach centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. The coast is about 0 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Cannon Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cannon Beach, month by month
Cannon Beach sees roughly 113 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 44° | 37° |
| April | 59° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 70° | 61° | 53° |
| October | 63° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Cannon Beach
Portland International sits about 69 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 Cannon Beach
Schools across Cannon Beach average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- The Cannon Beach AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
- Pacific Ridge Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seaside Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Seaside High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cannon Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cannon Beach 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 Cannon Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cannon Beach
Is Cannon Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cannon Beach ranks 28,842nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, walkability, and state infrastructure, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cannon Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $774,423. The overall cost of living runs about 24% above the national average. Set against a $69,724 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Cannon Beach safe?
Cannon Beach is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $729 per resident a year.
Compare Cannon Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cannon Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cannon Beach 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.
Cannon Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cannon Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cannon Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cannon Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cannon Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cannon Beach 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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