Best PlacesSalt Creek, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Salt Creek, 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.
Salt Creek ranks 11,452nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Salt Creek
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.
Salt Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Salt Creek ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$104,178 median, better than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 83% of towns
Where Salt Creek ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Short commute32.4 minutes each way, better than only 22% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Salt Creek
A household needs to earn about $188,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Salt Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $104,178, 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 Salt Creek's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Salt Creek
Salt Creek runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Salt Creek.
Who works in Salt Creek, and how
Work in Salt Creek centers on education and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Salt Creek
The coast is about 51 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Salt Creek, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Salt Creek, month by month
Salt Creek sees roughly 91 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 September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 69° | 52° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Salt Creek
The nearest airport, McNary Field, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Salt Creek
Schools across Salt Creek average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Salt Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Salt Creek 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 Salt Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Salt Creek
Is Salt Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Salt Creek ranks 11,452nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, state infrastructure, and high incomes, and lowest on internet speeds and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Salt Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $737,109. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $104,178 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Salt Creek safe?
Yes, Salt Creek is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $309 per resident a year.
Compare Salt Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Salt Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Salt Creek 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.
Salt Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Salt Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Salt Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Salt Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Salt Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Salt Creek 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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