Best PlacesSumner, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sumner, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sumner ranks 30,706th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sumner
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.
Sumner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sumner ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 85% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Sumner ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,017 a month, better than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sumner
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sumner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $68,222, 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 Sumner's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Sumner
Sumner runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sumner.
Who works in Sumner, and how
Work in Sumner centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sumner
The coast is about 29 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Sumner, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sumner, month by month
Sumner sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 65 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 44° | 39° |
| April | 58° | 48° | 40° |
| July | 65° | 58° | 52° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Sumner
The nearest airport, Southwest Oregon Regional, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 177 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sumner
Schools across Sumner average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Coquille Valley ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Millicoma SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Coquille Junior Senior HighD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sumner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sumner 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 Sumner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sumner
Is Sumner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sumner ranks 30,706th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, clean air, and tree cover, and lowest on disaster risk and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sumner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $379,297. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $68,222 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Sumner safe?
Yes, Sumner is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $312 per resident a year.
Compare Sumner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sumner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sumner 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.
Sumner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sumner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sumner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sumner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sumner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sumner 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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