Best PlacesGaribaldi, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Garibaldi, 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.
Garibaldi ranks 31,967th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Garibaldi
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.
Garibaldi's strengths and weaknesses
Where Garibaldi ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute18.2 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
Where Garibaldi ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Household income$55,836 median, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Garibaldi
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Garibaldi home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $55,836, 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 Garibaldi's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Garibaldi
Garibaldi 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 Garibaldi.
Who works in Garibaldi, and how
Work in Garibaldi centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Garibaldi
Garibaldi has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. The coast is about 8 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Garibaldi and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Garibaldi, month by month
Garibaldi sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 44° | 38° |
| April | 58° | 49° | 41° |
| July | 70° | 60° | 52° |
| October | 63° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Garibaldi
Portland International sits about 63 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Garibaldi
Schools across Garibaldi average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nehalem Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Garibaldi Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Neah-kah-nie Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Neah-kah-nie High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Garibaldi school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Garibaldi 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 Garibaldi against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Garibaldi
Is Garibaldi a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Garibaldi ranks 31,967th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, state infrastructure, and clean air, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Garibaldi expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $370,722. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $55,836 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Garibaldi safe?
Garibaldi is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $465 per resident a year.
Compare Garibaldi with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Garibaldi. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Garibaldi 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.
Garibaldi detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Garibaldi: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Garibaldi: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Garibaldi: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Garibaldi: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Garibaldi 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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