Ranked · Buying a home · Oregon
Best cities for buying a home in Oregon
Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.
1.Hillsboro, OR108k residents
77/100median home price: $521,100 · property tax rate: 0.93% · home price yoy: -3.5%
2.McMinnville, OR35k residents
74/100median home price: $432,800 · property tax rate: 0.93% · home price yoy: -1.3%
3.Forest Grove, OR27k residents
74/100median home price: $479,600 · property tax rate: 0.93% · home price yoy: -1.8%
4.Newberg, OR26k residents
74/100median home price: $472,100 · property tax rate: 0.93% · home price yoy: -1.6%
5.Beaverton, OR98k residents
73/100median home price: $569,800 · property tax rate: 0.93% · home price yoy: -3.1%
6.Springfield, OR61k residents
73/100median home price: $358,700 · property tax rate: 0.93% · home price yoy: +0.3%
7.Woodburn, OR28k residents
73/100median home price: $331,800 · property tax rate: 0.93% · home price yoy: +0.4%
8.Albany, OR57k residents
72/100median home price: $389,200 · property tax rate: 0.93% · home price yoy: +0.4%
9.Aloha, OR52k residents
72/100median home price: $484,400 · property tax rate: 0.93% · home price yoy: —
10.Keizer, OR39k residents
72/100median home price: $434,100 · property tax rate: 0.93% · home price yoy: -0.2%
Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.
- Which city is best for buying a home in Oregon?
- Hillsboro, OR ranks first with a fit score of 77/100, followed by McMinnville (74) and Forest Grove (74), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
- How is this ranking calculated?
- Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.