Best PlacesWetmore, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wetmore, 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.
Wetmore ranks 40,492nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wetmore
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.
Wetmore's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wetmore ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 167 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Short commute19.9 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
Where Wetmore ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wetmore
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wetmore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,087, 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 Wetmore's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Wetmore
Wetmore 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 Wetmore.
Who works in Wetmore, and how
Work in Wetmore centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Wetmore
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wetmore.
What the weather is like in Wetmore, month by month
Wetmore sees roughly 167 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 66° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 95° | 77° | 56° |
| October | 69° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Wetmore
The nearest airport, Roberts Field, is about 68 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 122 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wetmore
Schools across Wetmore average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Condon Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Condon High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wetmore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wetmore 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 Wetmore against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wetmore
Is Wetmore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wetmore ranks 40,492nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, the weather, and clean air, and lowest on internet speeds and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wetmore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $215,460. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $56,087 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Wetmore safe?
Wetmore is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $750 per resident a year.
Compare Wetmore with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wetmore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wetmore 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.
Wetmore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wetmore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wetmore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wetmore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wetmore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wetmore 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.