Best PlacesTigard, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tigard, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tigard ranks 418th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tigard
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.
The best areas in Tigard
The parts of Tigard, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Bull Mountain
Maplewood-Ashcreek & Garden Home-Raleigh Hills
Metzger
Scores across Tigard run from about the 24th to the 98th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Tigard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tigard ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of cities
- BikingBetter than 95% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 91% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of cities
- TransitBetter than 86% of cities
Where Tigard ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,642 a month, better than only 9% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 25% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 28% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 37% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 42% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Tigard
A household needs to earn about $157,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tigard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $112,554, 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 Tigard's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 Tigard
Tigard 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 Tigard.
Who works in Tigard, and how
Work in Tigard centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Tigard
Tigard has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of cities and more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Tigard and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tigard, month by month
Tigard sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 69° | 52° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Tigard
Portland International sits about 14 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Tigard
Schools across Tigard average a B+, better than 77% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Scholls Heights Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Mary Woodward Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Montclair Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Whitford Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Conestoga Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Twality Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Southridge High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Tualatin High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Hillsboro High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tigard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tigard 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 Tigard against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Tigard suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 26% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Tigard
Is Tigard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tigard ranks 418th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on clean air, biking, and state infrastructure, and lowest on childcare costs and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tigard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $594,885. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $112,554 median income, cost of living beats 66% of cities.
Is Tigard safe?
Tigard is safer than 37% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $469 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Tigard?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 49 with lows near 33. That works out to about 103 pleasant days a year, more than 62% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Tigard?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Bull Mountain, Maplewood-Ashcreek & Garden Home-Raleigh Hills, and Metzger. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Tigard with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tigard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tigard 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.
Tigard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tigard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tigard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tigard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tigard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tigard 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.