Best PlacesGoble, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Goble, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Goble ranks 22,040th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Goble
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.
Goble's strengths and weaknesses
Where Goble ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Household income$97,570 median, better than 83% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
Where Goble ranks low
- Short commute37.2 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,162 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Goble
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Goble home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,570, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Goble's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Goble
Goble runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Goble.
Who works in Goble, and how
Work in Goble centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Goble
Goble has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Goble and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Goble, month by month
Goble sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 41° | 35° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 40° |
| July | 82° | 66° | 55° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Goble
Portland International sits about 32 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 Goble
Schools across Goble average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lewis & Clark Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- St Helens Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- St Helens High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Goble school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Goble 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 Goble against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Goble
Is Goble a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Goble ranks 22,040th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, clean air, and tree cover, and lowest on long commutes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Goble expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $377,992. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $97,570 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Goble safe?
Yes, Goble is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $314 per resident a year.
Compare Goble with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Goble. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Goble 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.
Goble detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Goble: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Goble: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Goble: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Goble: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Goble 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.