Best PlacesClatskanie, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clatskanie, 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.
Clatskanie ranks 28,599th 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 Clatskanie
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.
Clatskanie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Clatskanie ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 78% of towns
Where Clatskanie ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,132 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- Short commute31.8 minutes each way, better than only 25% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Clatskanie
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clatskanie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,968, 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 Clatskanie's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Clatskanie
Clatskanie runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Clatskanie.
Who works in Clatskanie, and how
Work in Clatskanie centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Clatskanie
Clatskanie has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns. The coast is about 39 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Clatskanie and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Clatskanie, month by month
Clatskanie sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 41° | 35° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 40° |
| July | 82° | 66° | 55° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Clatskanie
Portland International sits about 46 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 Clatskanie
Schools across Clatskanie average a B, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hilda Lahti Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Vernonia Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Vernonia High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Knappa High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clatskanie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clatskanie 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 Clatskanie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Clatskanie
Is Clatskanie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clatskanie ranks 28,599th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, clean air, and walkability, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Clatskanie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $355,537. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $77,968 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Clatskanie safe?
Clatskanie is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $371 per resident a year.
Compare Clatskanie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clatskanie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clatskanie 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.
Clatskanie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clatskanie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clatskanie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clatskanie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clatskanie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clatskanie 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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