Best PlacesVeneta, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Veneta, 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.
Veneta ranks 29,225th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Veneta
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.
Veneta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Veneta ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
Where Veneta ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,397 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Veneta
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Veneta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $73,207, 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 Veneta's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Veneta
Veneta runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Veneta.
Who works in Veneta, and how
Work in Veneta centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Veneta
Veneta has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Veneta and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Veneta, month by month
Veneta sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 70° | 51° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Veneta
The nearest airport, Mahlon Sweet Field, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around Veneta
Schools across Veneta average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Applegate Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Elmira Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Veneta Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fern Ridge Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Crow Middle/high SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Elmira High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Veneta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Veneta 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 Veneta against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Veneta
Is Veneta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Veneta ranks 29,225th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, transit, and civic engagement, and lowest on childcare costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Veneta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $418,768. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $73,207 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Veneta safe?
Veneta is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $443 per resident a year.
Compare Veneta with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Veneta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Veneta 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.
Veneta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Veneta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Veneta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Veneta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Veneta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Veneta 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.