Best PlacesTualatin, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tualatin, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tualatin ranks 741st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tualatin
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.
Tualatin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tualatin ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 91% of cities
- BikingBetter than 89% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of cities
Where Tualatin ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 6% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,625 a month, better than only 9% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 30% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 37% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Tualatin
A household needs to earn about $165,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tualatin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $117,177, 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 Tualatin's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 Tualatin
Tualatin'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 Tualatin.
Who works in Tualatin, and how
Work in Tualatin centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Tualatin
Tualatin has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of cities and more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Tualatin and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tualatin, month by month
Tualatin sees roughly 111 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 October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 70° | 55° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Tualatin
Portland International sits about 17 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 Tualatin
Schools across Tualatin average a B+, better than 76% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- River Grove Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Multi-sensory Instruction Teaching Children Hands-on (mitch)A− · 58% proficient
- Bridgeport Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lakeridge Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Sherwood Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Hazelbrook Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Sherwood High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Tualatin High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Wilsonville High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tualatin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tualatin 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 Tualatin against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Tualatin suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 22% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Tualatin
Is Tualatin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tualatin ranks 741st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on clean air, state infrastructure, and biking, and lowest on crime and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tualatin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $621,216. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $117,177 median income, cost of living beats 70% of cities.
Is Tualatin safe?
Tualatin is safer than 3% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $915 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Tualatin?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 50 with lows near 35. That works out to about 111 pleasant days a year, more than 66% of cities.
Is Tualatin good for families?
Schools beat 76% of cities, crime safety beats 3%, and childcare runs $1,625 a month.
Compare Tualatin with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tualatin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tualatin 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.
Tualatin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tualatin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tualatin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tualatin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tualatin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tualatin 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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