Best PlacesPronghorn, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pronghorn, 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.
Pronghorn ranks 9,589th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pronghorn
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.
Pronghorn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pronghorn ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 164 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 87% of towns
Where Pronghorn ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,426 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pronghorn
A household needs to earn about $162,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pronghorn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,222, 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 Pronghorn's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Pronghorn
Pronghorn runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pronghorn.
Who works in Pronghorn, and how
Work in Pronghorn centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Pronghorn
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pronghorn.
What the weather is like in Pronghorn, month by month
Pronghorn sees roughly 164 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 34° | 23° |
| April | 64° | 47° | 29° |
| July | 92° | 72° | 48° |
| October | 68° | 49° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Pronghorn
The nearest airport, Roberts Field, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pronghorn
Schools across Pronghorn average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tumalo Community SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Elton Gregory Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Ridgeview High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pronghorn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pronghorn 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 Pronghorn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pronghorn
Is Pronghorn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pronghorn ranks 9,589th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, state infrastructure, and the weather, and lowest on childcare costs and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pronghorn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $640,200. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $87,222 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Pronghorn safe?
Yes, Pronghorn is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $132 per resident a year.
Compare Pronghorn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pronghorn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pronghorn 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.
Pronghorn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pronghorn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pronghorn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pronghorn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pronghorn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pronghorn 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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