Best PlacesPeoria, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Peoria, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Peoria ranks 9,867th 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 Peoria
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.
Peoria's strengths and weaknesses
Where Peoria ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$141,011 median, better than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 83% of towns
Where Peoria ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,300 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 23% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Peoria
A household needs to earn about $170,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Peoria home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $141,011, 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 Peoria's 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 Peoria
Peoria runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Peoria.
Who works in Peoria, and how
Work in Peoria centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Peoria
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Peoria.
What the weather is like in Peoria, month by month
Peoria sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 41° | 34° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 68° | 53° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Peoria
The nearest airport, Mahlon Sweet Field, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 85 miles away.
The best schools in and around Peoria
Schools across Peoria average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monroe Grade SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Corvallis High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Central Linn High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Monroe High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Peoria school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Peoria 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 Peoria against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Peoria
Is Peoria a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Peoria ranks 9,867th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, high incomes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Peoria expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $657,000. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $141,011 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Peoria safe?
Peoria is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $526 per resident a year.
Compare Peoria with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Peoria. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Peoria 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.
Peoria detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Peoria: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Peoria: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Peoria: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Peoria: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Peoria 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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