Best PlacesEastside, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eastside, 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.
Eastside ranks 24,256th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Eastside
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.
Eastside's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eastside ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Eastside ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eastside
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eastside home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $85,982, 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 Eastside's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 Eastside
Eastside runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eastside.
Who works in Eastside, and how
Work in Eastside centers on health care & social and arts & entertainment. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Eastside
The coast is about 32 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Eastside, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eastside, month by month
Eastside 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 Eastside
The nearest airport, Southwest Oregon Regional, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 172 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eastside
Schools across Eastside average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Millicoma SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eastside school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eastside 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 Eastside against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eastside
Is Eastside a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eastside ranks 24,256th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, state infrastructure, and clean air, and lowest on disaster risk and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eastside expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $416,967. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $85,982 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Eastside safe?
Yes, Eastside is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $258 per resident a year.
Compare Eastside with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eastside. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eastside 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.
Eastside detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eastside: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eastside: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eastside: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eastside: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eastside 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.