Best PlacesNetarts, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Netarts, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Netarts ranks 25,573rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Netarts
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.
Netarts' strengths and weaknesses
Where Netarts ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
Where Netarts ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 24% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Netarts
A household needs to earn about $131,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Netarts home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,388, 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 Netarts' effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Netarts
Netarts 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 Netarts.
Who works in Netarts, and how
Work in Netarts centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Netarts
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Netarts, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Netarts, month by month
Netarts sees roughly 122 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 44° | 38° |
| April | 58° | 49° | 41° |
| July | 70° | 60° | 52° |
| October | 63° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Netarts
The nearest airport, McNary Field, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Netarts
Schools across Netarts average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Prairie Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tillamook Junior High SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Tillamook High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Netarts school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Netarts 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 Netarts against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Netarts
Is Netarts a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Netarts ranks 25,573rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, clean air, and civic engagement, and lowest on disaster risk and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Netarts expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $506,072. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $77,388 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Netarts safe?
Yes, Netarts is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $288 per resident a year.
Compare Netarts with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Netarts. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Netarts 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.
Netarts detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Netarts: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Netarts: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Netarts: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Netarts: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Netarts 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.