Best PlacesParkdale, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Parkdale, 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.
Parkdale ranks 13,232nd 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 Parkdale
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.
Parkdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Parkdale ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 128 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
- Household income$98,877 median, better than 84% of towns
Where Parkdale ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,450 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 13% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 15% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 19% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Parkdale
A household needs to earn about $167,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Parkdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $98,877, 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 Parkdale's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 Parkdale
Parkdale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Parkdale.
Who works in Parkdale, and how
Work in Parkdale centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Parkdale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Parkdale.
What the weather is like in Parkdale, month by month
Parkdale sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 30° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 93° | 77° | 61° |
| October | 69° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Parkdale
Portland International sits about 48 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
Parkdale 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 Parkdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Parkdale
Is Parkdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Parkdale ranks 13,232nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, clean air, and population health, and lowest on childcare costs and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Parkdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $669,624. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $98,877 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Parkdale safe?
Parkdale is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $432 per resident a year.
Compare Parkdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Parkdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Parkdale 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.
Parkdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Parkdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Parkdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Parkdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Parkdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Parkdale 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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