Best PlacesCottrell, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cottrell, 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.
Cottrell ranks 14,597th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cottrell
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.
Cottrell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cottrell ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- BikingBetter than 82% of towns
Where Cottrell ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,626 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 28% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
- Short commute29.0 minutes each way, better than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cottrell
A household needs to earn about $163,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cottrell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $92,852, 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 Cottrell's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 Cottrell
Cottrell runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cottrell.
Who works in Cottrell, and how
Work in Cottrell centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Cottrell
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cottrell.
What the weather is like in Cottrell, month by month
Cottrell sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 42° | 37° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 71° | 57° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Cottrell
Portland International sits about 17 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
Cottrell 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 Cottrell against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cottrell
Is Cottrell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cottrell ranks 14,597th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, clean air, and fast internet, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cottrell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $627,141. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $92,852 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Cottrell safe?
Yes, Cottrell is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $329 per resident a year.
Compare Cottrell with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cottrell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cottrell 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.
Cottrell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cottrell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cottrell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cottrell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cottrell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cottrell 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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