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Ranked for Affordable Living

Best Places to Live in Oregon for Affordable Living

Low cost of living, rent, home prices, and total tax burden Ranked by how well each place fits the Affordable Living profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.

Top 25 places

  1. #1BendPopulation 99,442 · mixed overall livability23% match
  2. #2BeavertonPopulation 97,554 · solid overall livability23% match
  3. #3McMinnvillePopulation 34,432 · solid overall livability23% match
  4. #4Forest GrovePopulation 26,160 · solid overall livability23% match
  5. #5NewbergPopulation 25,379 · solid overall livability23% match
  6. #6PortlandPopulation 646,101 · mixed overall livability11% match
  7. #7EugenePopulation 176,755 · mixed overall livability11% match
  8. #8SalemPopulation 175,754 · mixed overall livability11% match
  9. #9GreshamPopulation 113,525 · mixed overall livability11% match
  10. #10HillsboroPopulation 106,612 · solid overall livability11% match
  11. #11MedfordPopulation 85,539 · mixed overall livability11% match
  12. #12SpringfieldPopulation 61,740 · solid overall livability11% match
  13. #13CorvallisPopulation 60,050 · solid overall livability11% match
  14. #14AlbanyPopulation 56,348 · solid overall livability11% match
  15. #15AlohaPopulation 53,532 · solid overall livability11% match
  16. #16Grants PassPopulation 39,131 · mixed overall livability11% match
  17. #17KeizerPopulation 39,122 · solid overall livability11% match
  18. #18Oregon CityPopulation 37,418 · mixed overall livability11% match
  19. #19RedmondPopulation 34,191 · mixed overall livability11% match
  20. #20WoodburnPopulation 26,222 · mixed overall livability11% match
  21. #21WilsonvillePopulation 25,992 · solid overall livability11% match
  22. #22TigardPopulation 55,161 · solid overall livability0% match
  23. #23Lake OswegoPopulation 40,457 · solid overall livability0% match
  24. #24BethanyPopulation 30,983 · solid overall livability0% match
  25. #25TualatinPopulation 27,804 · solid overall livability0% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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