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 →

Bethany$4,530/mo

Typical home $752K (Census) · tax rate 0.94% · or rent about $2,245/mo · Housing →

The difference: $700 a month, about $8,400 a year, between Cedar Mill and Bethany.

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 Bethany share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Cedar MillBethany

Cedar Mill ↔ Bethany2.5 miles apart · They share a border

Report cards

Bethany places higher on 14 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.

Schools

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

Health

ACedar MillHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns A+BethanyHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns

3Cedar Mill

14Bethany

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

Most trailsOutdoors · 108 towns #88#39 Most conserved landOutdoors · 141 towns #47#8 Fastest growingGrowth · 140 towns #25#8 Cheapest rentCost of living · 145 towns #130#143 Lowest obesityHealth · 147 towns #14#1 Shortest commuteGetting around · 147 towns #92#83 Most walkableOutdoors · 147 towns #17#10 Lowest depressionHealth · 147 towns #6#1

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 MillBethany

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 29th

Outdoors & history

Cedar MillBethany

Trails2 mi 7 mi

Conserved land7.6%19%

Community

Cedar MillBethany

Library hours a week57 hrs 57 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 MillBethany

People

Population 19,471Lowest 33,106Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +18.7%Lowest OR: +10.6% +51.8%Highest OR: +10.6%

Median age 38.6±1.9Highest 4% below OR 36.9±0.9Lowest 9% below OR

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

Kids under 18 28.5%±3.4Lowest OR: 19.9% 28.9%±2.5Highest OR: 19.9%

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

Age 65+ 12.9%±1.8Highest OR: 19.1% 8.5%±1Lowest OR: 19.1%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 72.3%Highest OR: 36.8% 71.7%Lowest OR: 36.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±1.2Lowest OR: 5.7% 4.8%±1.2Highest OR: 5.7%

Bethany 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±$19kLowest 98% above OR $167,735±$7kHighest 102% above OR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $878,300±$35kHighest 84% above OR $751,700±$29kLowest 57% above OR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,882±$96Lowest 23% above OR $2,245±$158Highest 47% above OR

Property taxmedian, yearly $7,530Highest 94% above OR $7,060Lowest 82% above OR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.3%±20.7Highest OR: 52.5% 46.6%±8.8Lowest OR: 52.5%

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

Below poverty line 8.1%Highest OR: 11.9% 4%Lowest OR: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.1%Highest OR: 63.3% 66.4%Lowest OR: 63.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1992Lowest 11 yrs newer than OR 2004Highest 23 yrs newer than OR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 7% above OR 24 minLowest 4% above OR

Work from home 38.4%±4.1Lowest OR: 19% 39.2%±4.5Highest OR: 19%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.7%Lowest 3.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.3 miLowest 6.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.31Highest 0.26Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Portland (33%)Portland (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BethanyFew work in Cedar Mill

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.6%Lowest 19%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.8 miLowest 7.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 10Lowest 19Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 135Lowest 153Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #4 of 121 in OR #2 of 121 in OR

School district Beaverton SD 48JBeaverton SD 48J

High school in town None in townNone in town

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 Bethany

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $700 more a month in Cedar Mill

Cedar Mill and Bethany share a border

Bethany places higher on 14 of 20 OR lists

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