A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Cedar Mill$5,230/mo

Typical home $878K (Census) · tax rate 0.86% · or rent about $1,882/mo · Housing →

Beaverton$3,190/mo

Typical home $524K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.00% · or rent about $1,826/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,050 a month, about $24,600 a year, between Cedar Mill and Beaverton.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Cedar Mill and Beaverton share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Cedar MillBeaverton

Cedar Mill ↔ Beaverton4.0 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

778 Cedar Mill residents work in Beaverton (9.8% of its workers)

Work & commute in Cedar Mill →

Report cards

Cedar Mill places higher on 13 of 20 OR lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Oregon ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–Cedar MillNot graded C−BeavertonSafer than 21% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+Cedar MillBetter than 98% of districts in the state A+BeavertonBetter than 98% of districts in the state

Health

ACedar MillHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns A−BeavertonHealthier than 81% of U.S. towns

13Cedar Mill

6Beaverton

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 108 towns #88#25 Fastest growingGrowth · 140 towns #25#75 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 147 towns #4#48 Highest incomeIncome · 147 towns #3#32 Most activeHealth · 147 towns #1#29 Lowest depressionHealth · 147 towns #6#32 Most conserved landOutdoors · 141 towns #47#23 Most affordableCost of living · 147 towns #145#120

Left end = #1 in Oregon. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Cedar Mill’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Cedar MillBeaverton

Snow a year4″4″

January low37°F 37°F

July high80°F 80°F

Growing season (days)280d 280d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)39th 57th

Outdoors & history

Cedar MillBeaverton

Trails2 mi 35 mi

Conserved land7.6%14.3%

Settled—1847

National Register places—5

Community

Cedar MillBeaverton

Library hours a week57 hrs 54 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Oregon average

Cedar MillBeaverton

People

Population 19,471Lowest 97,812Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +18.7%Highest OR: +10.6% +8.6%Lowest OR: +10.6%

Median age 38.6±1.9Highest 4% below OR 37.8±1Lowest 6% below OR

Cedar Mill and Beaverton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 28.5%±3.4Highest OR: 19.9% 20.5%±1.1Lowest OR: 19.9%

Age 65+ 12.9%±1.8Lowest OR: 19.1% 14.6%±0.9Highest OR: 19.1%

Beaverton and Cedar Mill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 72.3%Highest OR: 36.8% 50.1%Lowest OR: 36.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±1.2Lowest OR: 5.7% 6%±0.9Highest OR: 5.7%

Beaverton and Cedar Mill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $164,079±$19kHighest 98% above OR $98,622±$3kLowest 19% above OR

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $878,300±$35kHighest 84% above OR $569,800±$12kLowest 19% above OR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,882±$96Highest 23% above OR $1,826±$31Lowest 20% above OR

Cedar Mill and Beaverton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $7,530Highest 94% above OR $5,724Lowest 48% above OR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.3%±20.7Highest OR: 52.5% 49.8%±3.4Lowest OR: 52.5%

Cedar Mill and Beaverton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 8.1%Lowest OR: 11.9% 10.1%Highest OR: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.1%Highest OR: 63.3% 50.5%Lowest OR: 63.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1992Highest 11 yrs newer than OR 1987Lowest 6 yrs newer than OR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 7% above OR 24 minLowest 5% above OR

Work from home 38.4%±4.1Highest OR: 19% 25.1%±1.8Lowest OR: 19%

Work in townworking residents 2.7%Lowest 15.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.3 miLowest 6.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.31Lowest 1.29Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Portland (33%)Portland (30%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 10% work in BeavertonFew work in Cedar Mill

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.6%Lowest 14.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.8 miLowest 35.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 1.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 10Lowest 108Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 135Highest 133Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #4 of 121 in OR #9 of 121 in OR

School district Beaverton SD 48JBeaverton SD 48J · Portland SD 1J

High school in town None in townSunset High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 21.5

Oregon average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Cedar Mill vs Beaverton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $2,050 more a month in Cedar Mill

Cedar Mill and Beaverton share a border

Cedar Mill places higher on 13 of 20 OR lists

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