Best PlacesLacomb, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lacomb, 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.
Lacomb ranks 31,730th 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 Lacomb
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.
Lacomb's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lacomb ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Lacomb ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 14% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 16% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 17% of towns
- Short commute33.8 minutes each way, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lacomb
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lacomb home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $68,089, 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 Lacomb'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 Lacomb
Lacomb 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 Lacomb.
Who works in Lacomb, and how
Work in Lacomb centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Lacomb
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lacomb.
What the weather is like in Lacomb, month by month
Lacomb sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 71° | 55° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Lacomb
The nearest airport, McNary Field, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 69 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lacomb
Schools across Lacomb average a C−, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Foster Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Lacomb SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Centennial Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Scio Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Sweet Home Junior High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Scio High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Sweet Home High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Santiam Junior/senior High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lacomb school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lacomb 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 Lacomb against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lacomb
Is Lacomb a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lacomb ranks 31,730th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, state infrastructure, and fast internet, and lowest on disaster risk and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lacomb expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $444,057. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $68,089 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Lacomb safe?
Yes, Lacomb is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $296 per resident a year.
Compare Lacomb with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lacomb. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lacomb 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.
Lacomb detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lacomb: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lacomb: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lacomb: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lacomb: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lacomb 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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