Best PlacesKing, Portland, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around King, Portland, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
King, Portland ranks 621st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in King, 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.
King, Portland's strengths and weaknesses
Where King, Portland ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
Where King, Portland ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,741 a month, better than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 27% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 27% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in King, Portland
A household needs to earn about $185,000 a year to comfortably buy the median King, Portland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $127,218, 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 King, Portland's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 King, Portland
King, Portland runs younger 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 King, Portland.
Who works in King, Portland, and how
Work in King, Portland centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 45%
- Work from home 35%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in King, Portland
King, Portland has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of King, Portland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in King, Portland, month by month
King, Portland sees roughly 115 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 King, Portland
Portland International sits about 4 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
King, 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 King, Portland against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in King, Portland
Is King, Portland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, King, Portland ranks 621st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on biking, clean air, and state infrastructure, and lowest on childcare costs and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is King, Portland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $719,298. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $127,218 median income, cost of living beats 87% of neighborhoods.
Is King, Portland safe?
King, Portland is safer than 20% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $892 per resident a year.
Compare King, Portland with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to King, Portland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in King, 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.
King, Portland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for King, Portland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in King, Portland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of King, Portland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in King, Portland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
King, 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.
Your priorities
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