Best PlacesLaurelwood, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Laurelwood, 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.
Laurelwood ranks 9,119th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Laurelwood
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.
Laurelwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Laurelwood ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$118,095 median, better than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Laurelwood ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,583 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Short commute34.1 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Laurelwood
A household needs to earn about $178,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Laurelwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $118,095, 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 Laurelwood's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Laurelwood
Laurelwood runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Laurelwood.
Who works in Laurelwood, and how
Work in Laurelwood centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Laurelwood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Laurelwood.
What the weather is like in Laurelwood, month by month
Laurelwood sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 69° | 52° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Laurelwood
Portland International sits about 25 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 Laurelwood
Schools across Laurelwood average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Yamhill Carlton Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Farmington View Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Meadows Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Yamhill Carlton Intermediate SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Yamhill Carlton High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Hillsboro High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Laurelwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Laurelwood 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 Laurelwood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Laurelwood
Is Laurelwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Laurelwood ranks 9,119th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, clean air, and high incomes, and lowest on childcare costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Laurelwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $705,614. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $118,095 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Laurelwood safe?
Yes, Laurelwood is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $323 per resident a year.
Compare Laurelwood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Laurelwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Laurelwood 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.
Laurelwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Laurelwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Laurelwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Laurelwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Laurelwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Laurelwood 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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