Best PlacesMyrtle Creek, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Myrtle Creek, 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.
Myrtle Creek ranks 32,354th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Myrtle Creek
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.
Myrtle Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Myrtle Creek ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
Where Myrtle Creek ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 19% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Myrtle Creek
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Myrtle Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $60,245, 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 Myrtle Creek's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Myrtle Creek
Myrtle Creek 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 Myrtle Creek.
Who works in Myrtle Creek, and how
Work in Myrtle Creek centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Myrtle Creek
Myrtle Creek has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Myrtle Creek and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Myrtle Creek, month by month
Myrtle Creek sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 43° | 36° |
| April | 68° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 73° | 57° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Myrtle Creek
The nearest airport, Rogue Valley International/Medford, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 181 miles away.
The best schools in and around Myrtle Creek
Schools across Myrtle Creek average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brockway Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Tri City Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Canyonville SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- John C Fremont Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Winston Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Coffenberry Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Roseburg High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- South Umpqua High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Douglas High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Myrtle Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Myrtle Creek 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 Myrtle Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Myrtle Creek
Is Myrtle Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Myrtle Creek ranks 32,354th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, transit, and walkability, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Myrtle Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $278,181. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $60,245 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Myrtle Creek safe?
Yes, Myrtle Creek is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $343 per resident a year.
Compare Myrtle Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Myrtle Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Myrtle Creek 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.
Myrtle Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Myrtle Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Myrtle Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Myrtle Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Myrtle Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Myrtle Creek 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.