Best PlacesWilsonville, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilsonville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wilsonville ranks 678th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wilsonville
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.
The best areas in Wilsonville
The parts of Wilsonville, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Far West
Sherwood-Tualatin South
Aurora-Butteville-Barlow
Scores across Wilsonville run from about the 46th to the 89th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Wilsonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilsonville ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 91% of cities
- BikingBetter than 88% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 76% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 76% of cities
Where Wilsonville ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,529 a month, better than only 12% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 26% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 40% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 42% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Wilsonville
A household needs to earn about $188,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilsonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $105,401, 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 Wilsonville's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Wilsonville
Wilsonville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wilsonville.
Who works in Wilsonville, and how
Work in Wilsonville centers on health care & social and retail trade. 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 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Wilsonville
Wilsonville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Wilsonville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wilsonville, month by month
Wilsonville sees roughly 111 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 70° | 55° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Wilsonville
Portland International sits about 21 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Wilsonville
Schools across Wilsonville average a B−, better than 54% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Archer Glen Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Hawks View Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Lowrie Primary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sherwood Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Meridian Creek Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Inza R Wood Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Sherwood High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Canby High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Newberg Senior High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilsonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilsonville 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 Wilsonville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Wilsonville suits
Families
Schools land around the 54th percentile and crime safety beats 74%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 16% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Wilsonville
Is Wilsonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilsonville ranks 678th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on clean air, state infrastructure, and biking, and lowest on a weak job market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wilsonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $704,434. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $105,401 median income, cost of living beats 58% of cities.
Is Wilsonville safe?
Yes, Wilsonville is safer than 74% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $329 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Wilsonville?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 50 with lows near 35. That works out to about 111 pleasant days a year, more than 66% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Wilsonville?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Far West, Sherwood-Tualatin South, and Aurora-Butteville-Barlow. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Wilsonville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilsonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilsonville 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.
Wilsonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilsonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilsonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilsonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilsonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilsonville 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
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