Best PlacesSunriver, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sunriver, 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.
Sunriver ranks 6,024th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sunriver
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.
Sunriver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sunriver ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
Where Sunriver ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,426 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sunriver
A household needs to earn about $190,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sunriver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $91,880, 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 Sunriver's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Sunriver
Sunriver 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 Sunriver.
Who works in Sunriver, and how
Work in Sunriver centers on professional & technical and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 49%
- Work from home 47%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sunriver
Sunriver has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Sunriver and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sunriver, month by month
Sunriver sees roughly 170 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 62° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 90° | 72° | 54° |
| October | 66° | 50° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Sunriver
The nearest airport, Roberts Field, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 130 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sunriver
Schools across Sunriver average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- William E Miller ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Amity Creek Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Westside Village Magnet School At Kingston Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Realms Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Cascade Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- High Desert Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Bend Senior High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Ridgeview High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sunriver school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sunriver 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 Sunriver against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sunriver
Is Sunriver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sunriver ranks 6,024th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and an educated workforce, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sunriver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $744,087. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $91,880 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Sunriver safe?
Yes, Sunriver is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $302 per resident a year.
Compare Sunriver with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sunriver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sunriver 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.
Sunriver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sunriver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sunriver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sunriver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sunriver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sunriver 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.