Best PlacesHazelwood-Mill Park, Portland, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland, 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.
Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland ranks 4,056th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland
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.
Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
Where Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,741 a month, better than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 28% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $64,560, 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 Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland's effective rate of 1.07%, 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 Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland
Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland.
Who works in Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland, and how
Work in Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland.
What the weather is like in Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland, month by month
Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 42° | 36° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland
Portland International sits about 6 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 Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland
Schools across Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland average a C+, better than 64% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Arthur AcademyD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Centennial High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland 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 Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland suits
Common questions about living in Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland
Is Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland ranks 4,056th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on clean air, state infrastructure, and transit, and lowest on childcare costs and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $429,758. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $64,560 median income, cost of living beats 28% of neighborhoods.
Is Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland safe?
Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland is safer than 30% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $788 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 49 with lows near 36. That works out to about 112 pleasant days a year, more than 58% of neighborhoods.
Is Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland good for families?
Schools beat 64% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 30%, and childcare runs $1,741 a month.
Compare Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland 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.
Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hazelwood-Mill Park, Portland 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.
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