Best PlacesCedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland, 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.
Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland ranks 431st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland
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.
Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA−, better than 93% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
Where Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,642 a month, better than only 15% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 32% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 36% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 36% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland
A household needs to earn about $186,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $135,830, 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 Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland
Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland.
Who works in Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland, and how
Work in Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland
Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland has more parkland per resident than 77% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland, month by month
Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland 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 Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland
Portland International sits about 11 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 Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland
Schools across Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland average an A−, better than 93% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Findley ElementaryA+ · 83% proficient
- Bonny Slope Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Oak Hills Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stoller Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Meadow Park Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Cedar Park Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Westview High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Sunset High SchoolA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland 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 Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland
Is Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland ranks 431st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on clean air, good schools, and what local pay buys, and lowest on cell coverage and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $700,521. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $135,830 median income, cost of living beats 89% of neighborhoods.
Is Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland safe?
Yes, Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland is safer than 78% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $420 per resident a year.
Compare Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland 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.
Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedar Hills-Cedar Mill, Portland 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.
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