Best PlacesWoods, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woods, 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.
Woods ranks 34,220th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Woods
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.
Woods' strengths and weaknesses
Where Woods ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Short commute21.1 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 111 pleasant days a year, better than 75% of towns
Where Woods ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 13% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woods
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woods home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $71,124, 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 Woods' effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Woods
Woods runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Woods.
Who works in Woods, and how
Work in Woods centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Woods
The coast is about 19 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Woods, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woods, month by month
Woods sees roughly 111 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 44° | 38° |
| April | 58° | 49° | 41° |
| July | 70° | 60° | 52° |
| October | 63° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Woods
The nearest airport, McNary Field, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woods
Schools across Woods average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nestucca K8D+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Nestucca High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woods school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woods 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 Woods against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woods
Is Woods a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woods ranks 34,220th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, tree cover, and clean air, and lowest on disaster risk and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woods expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $375,845. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $71,124 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Woods safe?
Woods is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $368 per resident a year.
Compare Woods with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woods. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woods 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.
Woods detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woods: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woods: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woods: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woods: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woods 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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