Best PlacesCoos County, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Coos County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Coos County ranks 1,843rd of 3,144 U.S. counties 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 County
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.
The best areas in Coos County
The parts of Coos County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Lakeside
Local pay stretches further, incomes run higher, and more adults hold degrees.
Coos Bay & North Bend
More households have young kids, though tree cover is thinner.
Coquille
Fewer homes sit empty.
Bandon
It is quieter, though prices have run up more.
Scores across Coos County run from about the 3rd to the 81st percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Coos County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coos County ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of counties
- Short commute18.3 minutes each way, better than 87% of counties
- TransitBetter than 84% of counties
Where Coos County ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of counties
- Cheap childcare$1,017 a month, better than only 16% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 21% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than only 22% of counties
- Local economyBetter than only 27% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Coos County
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coos County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $65,271, 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 County's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Coos County
Coos County 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 County.
Who works in Coos County, and how
Work in Coos County 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 County
Coos County has less parkland per resident than most counties and more late-night spots per resident than 77% of counties. The coast is about 17 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Coos County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Coos County growing, and who is moving in?
Coos County has grown about 3% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Grants Pass, OR.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Coos County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Coos County, month by month
Coos County sees roughly 120 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 County
The nearest airport, Southwest Oregon Regional, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 177 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coos County
Schools across Coos County average a C+, better than 46% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Ocean Crest Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Coquille Valley ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marshfield Junior HighC · 33% proficient
- North Bend Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Harbor Lights Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- North Bend Senior High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Pacific High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Bandon Senior High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coos County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coos County 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 County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Coos County suits
Families
Schools land around the 46th percentile and crime safety beats 60%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Coos County
Is Coos County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coos County ranks 1,843rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on state infrastructure, fast internet, and clean air, and lowest on disaster risk and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coos County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $345,959. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $65,271 median income, cost of living beats 21% of counties.
Is Coos County safe?
Yes, Coos County is safer than 60% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $408 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Coos County?
July highs average about 67 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 40. That works out to about 120 pleasant days a year, more than 74% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Coos County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Lakeside, Coos Bay & North Bend, and Coquille. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Coos County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coos County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coos County 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 County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coos County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coos County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coos County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coos County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coos County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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