Best PlacesNewberg, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Newberg, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Newberg ranks 664th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Newberg
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.
Newberg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Newberg ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 91% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of cities
- BikingBetter than 83% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 83% of cities
Where Newberg ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 29% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 35% of cities
- Short commute28.2 minutes each way, better than only 35% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,254 a month, better than only 38% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 39% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Newberg
A household needs to earn about $135,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Newberg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $106,771, 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 Newberg's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Newberg
Newberg's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Newberg.
Who works in Newberg, and how
Work in Newberg centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Newberg
Newberg has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of cities and more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Newberg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Newberg, month by month
Newberg sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 70° | 55° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Newberg
Portland International sits about 26 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 Newberg
Schools across Newberg average a B−, better than 48% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Ewing Young Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Antonia Crater Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Mabel Rush Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mountain View Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Chehalem Valley Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
- South Meadows Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Yamhill Carlton High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Newberg Senior High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Hillsboro High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Newberg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Newberg 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 Newberg against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Newberg suits
Families
Schools land around the 48th percentile and crime safety beats 80%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 17% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Newberg
Is Newberg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Newberg ranks 664th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on clean air, state infrastructure, and cell coverage, and lowest on disaster risk and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Newberg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $520,283. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $106,771 median income, cost of living beats 52% of cities.
Is Newberg safe?
Yes, Newberg is safer than 80% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $304 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Newberg?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 50 with lows near 35. That works out to about 107 pleasant days a year, more than 64% of cities.
Is Newberg good for families?
Schools beat 48% of cities, crime safety beats 80%, and childcare runs $1,254 a month.
Compare Newberg with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Newberg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Newberg 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.
Newberg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Newberg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Newberg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Newberg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Newberg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Newberg 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.