Best PlacesYaquina, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yaquina, 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.
Yaquina ranks 22,089th 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 Yaquina
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.
Yaquina's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yaquina ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute19.3 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
Where Yaquina ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 25% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yaquina
A household needs to earn about $155,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yaquina home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $83,770, 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 Yaquina's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 Yaquina
Yaquina 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 Yaquina.
Who works in Yaquina, and how
Work in Yaquina centers on public administration and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Yaquina
The coast is about 18 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Yaquina, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Yaquina, month by month
Yaquina sees roughly 112 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 Yaquina
The nearest airport, Mahlon Sweet Field, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yaquina
Schools across Yaquina average a B−, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crestview Heights SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Newport High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yaquina school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yaquina 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 Yaquina against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yaquina
Is Yaquina a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yaquina ranks 22,089th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, tree cover, and short commutes, and lowest on disaster risk 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 Yaquina expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $617,398. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $83,770 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Yaquina safe?
Yaquina is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $469 per resident a year.
Compare Yaquina with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yaquina. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yaquina 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.
Yaquina detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yaquina: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yaquina: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yaquina: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yaquina: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yaquina 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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