Best PlacesTroutdale, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Troutdale, 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.
Troutdale ranks 10,621st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Troutdale
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.
Troutdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Troutdale ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
Where Troutdale ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,741 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Troutdale
A household needs to earn about $128,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Troutdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $94,801, 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 Troutdale's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Troutdale
Troutdale's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Troutdale.
Who works in Troutdale, and how
Work in Troutdale centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Troutdale
Troutdale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns and more parkland per resident than 90% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Troutdale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Troutdale, month by month
Troutdale sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 42° | 37° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 71° | 57° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Troutdale
Portland International sits about 11 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 Troutdale
Schools across Troutdale average a B−, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Reynolds Arthur AcademyC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Troutdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Troutdale 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 Troutdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Troutdale
Is Troutdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Troutdale ranks 10,621st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, transit, and state infrastructure, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Troutdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $483,246. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $94,801 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Troutdale safe?
Troutdale is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $479 per resident a year.
Compare Troutdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Troutdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Troutdale 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.
Troutdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Troutdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Troutdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Troutdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Troutdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Troutdale 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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