Cornelius makes Oregon’s top 10 on 3 lists
Cornelius is ranked on 38 lists against the 147 Oregon towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 3 and the top quarter on 4.
The lists Cornelius does best on
Each list ranks every OR town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Cornelius marked.
Cornelius lands in the top half on 9 of 24 lists
Each dot is Cornelius’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in OR, the right end is last. Areas where Cornelius does best come first.
Fewer seniors than 87% of Oregon
Not better or worse, just Cornelius’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for walkable streets
Lists where Cornelius sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Cornelius out-ranks 0 of its 1 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Every OR list, and where Cornelius lands
40 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Eagle Crest · 35%
#100
Most new homes#1 Phoenix · 21.7 per 1,000
#9
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Baker City · +77.2%
#102
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Wood Village · 8.2 per home
#33 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Eagle Crest · 45.7%
#48
Most trails#1 Jacksonville · 5.6 mi / sq mi
#96
Most walkable#1 King City · 270 / sq mi
#5 Health
Healthiest#1 Bethany · 99 / 100
#115
Lowest obesity#1 Eagle Crest · 25%
#105
Fewest smokers#1 Lake Oswego · 6%
#72
Most active#1 West Haven-Sylvan · 14%
#116
Fewest uninsured#1 Lake Oswego · 4%
#136
Lowest depression#1 Bethany · 20%
#32
Closest to a top hospital#1 Hood River · 0.3 mi
#64 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Seaside · 13.7 per resident
#9
Most library borrowing#1 Stayton · 17.8 per resident
#23
Best libraries for kids#1 Eugene · 38.4 per child
#22 Safety
Safest#1 Gervais · 10.2
#34 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Burns · 2.3 yrs
#86
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Cheapest rent#1 Estacada · $682/mo
#89
Lowest property tax#1 Tri-City · $1,418/yr
#76
Rent easiest to afford#1 Junction City · 31.5%
People
Most educated#1 Lake Oswego · 74.8%
#111
Youngest#1 Nyssa · 25.1
#22
Oldest#1 Eagle Crest · 67.7
#126
Most residents 65+#1 Eagle Crest · 60.3%
#126
Most kids#1 Nyssa · 40.6%
#45 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lakeview · 7.3 min
#132 
The number on the right is Cornelius’s spot. All of Oregon’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every OR list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.