Best PlacesCulver, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Culver, 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.
Culver ranks 10,964th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Culver
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.
Culver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Culver ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 167 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
Where Culver ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 21% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Culver
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Culver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $86,759; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Culver's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 Culver
Culver runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Culver.
Who works in Culver, and how
Work in Culver centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Culver
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Culver.
What the weather is like in Culver, month by month
Culver sees roughly 167 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 34° | 23° |
| April | 64° | 47° | 29° |
| July | 92° | 72° | 48° |
| October | 68° | 49° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Culver
The nearest airport, Roberts Field, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Culver
Schools across Culver average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Buff Elementary SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Culver Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Terrebonne Community SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Culver Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Jefferson County Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Culver High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Madras High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Culver school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Culver 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 Culver against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Culver
Is Culver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Culver ranks 10,964th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low crime, and the weather, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Culver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $362,336. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $86,759 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Culver safe?
Yes, Culver is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
Compare Culver with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Culver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Culver 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.
Culver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Culver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Culver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Culver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Culver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Culver 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.