Best PlacesCoos Bay, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coos Bay, 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.
Coos Bay ranks 25,668th 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 Coos Bay
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.
Coos Bay's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coos Bay ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute16.5 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
Where Coos Bay ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 17% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 23% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,017 a month, better than only 24% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coos Bay
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coos Bay home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $67,830, 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 Coos Bay's effective rate of 0.77%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Coos Bay
Coos Bay 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 Coos Bay.
Who works in Coos Bay, and how
Work in Coos Bay centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Coos Bay
Coos Bay has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of towns and more parkland per resident than 79% of towns. The coast is about 14 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Coos Bay and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Coos Bay, month by month
Coos Bay sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 67 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs June through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 47° | 40° |
| April | 58° | 50° | 43° |
| July | 67° | 60° | 53° |
| October | 64° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Coos Bay
The nearest airport, Southwest Oregon Regional, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 174 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coos Bay
Schools across Coos Bay average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Coquille Valley ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Lighthouse Charter SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Millicoma SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marshfield Junior HighC · 33% proficient
- Harbor Lights Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Marshfield Senior High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Coquille Junior Senior HighD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coos Bay school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coos Bay 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 Coos Bay against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Coos Bay suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Coos Bay
Is Coos Bay a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coos Bay ranks 25,668th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, clean air, and short commutes, and lowest on disaster risk and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coos Bay expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $313,405. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $67,830 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Coos Bay safe?
Coos Bay is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $400 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Coos Bay?
July highs average about 67 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 40. That works out to about 124 pleasant days a year, more than 82% of towns.
Is Coos Bay good for families?
Schools beat 37% of towns, crime safety beats 53%, and childcare runs $1,017 a month.
Compare Coos Bay with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coos Bay. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coos Bay 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.
Coos Bay detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coos Bay: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coos Bay: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coos Bay: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coos Bay: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coos Bay 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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