Best PlacesMiles Crossing, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Miles Crossing, 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.
Miles Crossing ranks 14,982nd 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 Miles Crossing
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.
Miles Crossing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Miles Crossing ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$111,131 median, better than 90% of towns
- Short commute20.5 minutes each way, better than 86% of towns
Where Miles Crossing ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$991 a month, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Miles Crossing
A household needs to earn about $167,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Miles Crossing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $111,131, 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 Miles Crossing's effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Miles Crossing
Miles Crossing runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Miles Crossing.
Who works in Miles Crossing, and how
Work in Miles Crossing centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Miles Crossing
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Miles Crossing, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Miles Crossing, month by month
Miles Crossing sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 44° | 37° |
| April | 59° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 70° | 61° | 53° |
| October | 63° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Miles Crossing
Portland International sits about 70 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
Miles Crossing 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 Miles Crossing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Miles Crossing
Is Miles Crossing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Miles Crossing ranks 14,982nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, state infrastructure, and clean air, 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 Miles Crossing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $649,600. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $111,131 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Miles Crossing safe?
Yes, Miles Crossing is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $253 per resident a year.
Compare Miles Crossing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Miles Crossing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Miles Crossing 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.
Miles Crossing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Miles Crossing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Miles Crossing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Miles Crossing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Miles Crossing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Miles Crossing 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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