Best PlacesValley Falls, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Valley Falls, 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.
Valley Falls ranks 39,021st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Valley Falls
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.
Valley Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Valley Falls ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 84% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 69% of towns
Where Valley Falls ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Valley Falls
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Valley Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,884, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Valley Falls' effective rate of 0.44%, 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 Valley Falls
Valley Falls runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Valley Falls.
Who works in Valley Falls, and how
Work in Valley Falls centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Valley Falls
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Valley Falls.
What the weather is like in Valley Falls, month by month
Valley Falls sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 29° | 19° |
| April | 60° | 44° | 29° |
| July | 90° | 70° | 46° |
| October | 66° | 45° | 27° |
Flying in and out of Valley Falls
The nearest airport, Rogue Valley International/Medford, is about 131 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 221 miles away.
The best schools in and around Valley Falls
Schools across Valley Falls average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fremont/hay Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Daly Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Lakeview Senior High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Valley Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Valley Falls 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 Valley Falls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Valley Falls
Is Valley Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Valley Falls ranks 39,021st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, clean air, and low property taxes, and lowest on distance from a big city and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Valley Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $281,822. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $73,884 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Valley Falls safe?
Valley Falls is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $807 per resident a year.
Compare Valley Falls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Valley Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Valley Falls 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.
Valley Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Valley Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Valley Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Valley Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Valley Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Valley Falls 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.