Best PlacesMount Hood Village, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Hood Village, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mount Hood Village ranks 26,445th 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 Mount Hood Village
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.
Mount Hood Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Hood Village ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 89% of towns
Where Mount Hood Village ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,525 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Short commute40.4 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Hood Village
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Hood Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $91,494, 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 Mount Hood Village's effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mount Hood Village
Mount Hood Village 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 Mount Hood Village.
Who works in Mount Hood Village, and how
Work in Mount Hood Village centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Mount Hood Village
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Hood Village.
What the weather is like in Mount Hood Village, month by month
Mount Hood Village sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 42° | 37° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 71° | 57° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Mount Hood Village
Portland International sits about 34 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
Mount Hood Village 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 Mount Hood Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Hood Village
Is Mount Hood Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Hood Village ranks 26,445th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, transit, and clean air, 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 Mount Hood Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $478,524. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $91,494 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Mount Hood Village safe?
Mount Hood Village is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $428 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Hood Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Hood Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Hood Village 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.
Mount Hood Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Hood Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Hood Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Hood Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Hood Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Hood Village 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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