Best PlacesPendair Heights, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pendair Heights, 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.
Pendair Heights ranks 29,400th 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 Pendair Heights
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.
Pendair Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Pendair Heights ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute18.2 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
Where Pendair Heights ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 20% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pendair Heights
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pendair Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $73,132, 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 Pendair Heights' effective rate of 0.85%, 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 Pendair Heights
Pendair Heights runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pendair Heights.
Who works in Pendair Heights, and how
Work in Pendair Heights centers on wholesale trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pendair Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pendair Heights.
What the weather is like in Pendair Heights, month by month
Pendair Heights sees roughly 125 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 37° |
| July | 94° | 76° | 57° |
| October | 67° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Pendair Heights
The nearest airport, Eastern Oregon Regional at Pendleton, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 180 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pendair Heights
Schools across Pendair Heights average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Sunridge Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Pendleton High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pendair Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pendair Heights 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 Pendair Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pendair Heights
Is Pendair Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pendair Heights ranks 29,400th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, short commutes, and population health, and lowest on an overheated housing market and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pendair Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $403,023. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $73,132 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Pendair Heights safe?
Pendair Heights is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $402 per resident a year.
Compare Pendair Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pendair Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pendair Heights 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.
Pendair Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pendair Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pendair Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pendair Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pendair Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pendair Heights 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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