Best PlacesTwomile, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Twomile, 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.
Twomile ranks 34,681st 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 Twomile
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.
Twomile's strengths and weaknesses
Where Twomile ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute16.2 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of towns
Where Twomile ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Twomile
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Twomile home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $51,554, 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 Twomile's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Twomile
Twomile 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 Twomile.
Who works in Twomile, and how
Work in Twomile centers on retail trade and arts & entertainment. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 48%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 30%
Life in Twomile
The coast is about 2 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Twomile, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Twomile, month by month
Twomile sees roughly 118 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 Twomile
The nearest airport, Southwest Oregon Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 196 miles away.
The best schools in and around Twomile
Schools across Twomile average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ocean Crest Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harbor Lights Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Bandon Senior High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Twomile school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Twomile 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 Twomile against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Twomile
Is Twomile a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Twomile ranks 34,681st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, short commutes, and fast internet, and lowest on disaster risk and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Twomile expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $397,000. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $51,554 median income, cost of living beats 5% of towns.
Is Twomile safe?
Twomile is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $372 per resident a year.
Compare Twomile with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Twomile. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Twomile 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.
Twomile detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Twomile: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Twomile: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Twomile: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Twomile: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Twomile 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.