Best PlacesCornucopia, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cornucopia, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cornucopia ranks 25,985th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cornucopia
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.
Cornucopia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cornucopia ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute15.8 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of towns
Where Cornucopia ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cornucopia
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cornucopia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $71,150, 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 Cornucopia's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 Cornucopia
Cornucopia 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 Cornucopia.
Who works in Cornucopia, and how
Work in Cornucopia centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Cornucopia
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cornucopia.
What the weather is like in Cornucopia, month by month
Cornucopia sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 33° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 47° | 33° |
| July | 91° | 72° | 51° |
| October | 64° | 49° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Cornucopia
The nearest airport, Walla Walla Regional, is about 76 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 127 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cornucopia
Schools across Cornucopia average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Enterprise Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Union Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Enterprise High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Council Jr/sr High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Union High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cornucopia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cornucopia 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 Cornucopia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cornucopia
Is Cornucopia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cornucopia ranks 25,985th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, short commutes, and clean air, and lowest on cell coverage 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 Cornucopia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $449,481. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $71,150 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Cornucopia safe?
Cornucopia is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $405 per resident a year.
Compare Cornucopia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cornucopia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cornucopia 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.
Cornucopia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cornucopia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cornucopia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cornucopia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cornucopia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cornucopia 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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