Best PlacesWaldport, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Waldport, 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.
Waldport ranks 34,311th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Waldport
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.
Waldport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Waldport ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
Where Waldport ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Waldport
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Waldport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $59,029, 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 Waldport's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 Waldport
Waldport 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 Waldport.
Who works in Waldport, and how
Work in Waldport centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Waldport
Waldport has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns. The coast is about 2 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Waldport and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Waldport, month by month
Waldport sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 63 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 45° | 41° |
| April | 55° | 48° | 42° |
| July | 63° | 57° | 50° |
| October | 60° | 53° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Waldport
The nearest airport, Mahlon Sweet Field, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around Waldport
Schools across Waldport average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crestview Heights SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Waldport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Waldport 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 Waldport against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Waldport
Is Waldport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Waldport ranks 34,311th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, civic engagement, and biking, and lowest on an overheated housing market and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Waldport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $387,825. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $59,029 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Waldport safe?
Waldport is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $385 per resident a year.
Compare Waldport with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Waldport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Waldport 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.
Waldport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Waldport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Waldport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Waldport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Waldport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Waldport 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.