Madras ranks #14 in Oregon for cheap rent
Madras is ranked on 33 lists against the 147 Oregon towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 5.
More kids than 99% of Oregon
Not better or worse, just Madras’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Madras does best on
Each list ranks every OR town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Madras marked.
Madras lands in the top half on 6 of 20 lists
Each dot is Madras’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in OR, the right end is last. Areas where Madras does best come first.
4 spots from the top 10 for cheap rent
Lists where Madras sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Madras lands in every OR ranking
40 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Burns · 2.3 yrs
#34
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Cheapest rent#1 Estacada · $682/mo
#14
Lowest property tax#1 Tri-City · $1,418/yr
#32
Rent easiest to afford#1 Junction City · 31.5%
Health
Healthiest#1 Bethany · 99 / 100
#113
Lowest obesity#1 Eagle Crest · 25%
#80
Fewest smokers#1 Lake Oswego · 6%
#89
Most active#1 West Haven-Sylvan · 14%
#116
Fewest uninsured#1 Lake Oswego · 4%
#134
Lowest depression#1 Bethany · 20%
#32
Closest to a top hospital#1 Hood River · 0.3 mi
#136 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lakeview · 7.3 min
#80 People
Most educated#1 Lake Oswego · 74.8%
#98
Youngest#1 Nyssa · 25.1
#11
Oldest#1 Eagle Crest · 67.7
#137
Most residents 65+#1 Eagle Crest · 60.3%
#125
Most kids#1 Nyssa · 40.6%
#3 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Eagle Crest · 45.7%
#104
Most trails#1 Jacksonville · 5.6 mi / sq mi
#97
Most walkable#1 King City · 270 / sq mi
#129 Climate
Snowiest#1 Three Rivers · 74 in
#17
Least snow#1 Tualatin · 1.0 in
#99
Mildest winters#1 Brookings · 42.4°
#117
Hottest summers#1 Ontario · 93.4°
#20
Coolest summers#1 Newport · 65.5°
#116
Longest growing season#1 Newport · 306 days
#131
M
Wettest#1 Mount Hood Villages · 90 in
#125 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Eagle Crest · 35%
#114
Most new homes#1 Phoenix · 21.7 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Baker City · +77.2%
#23
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Wood Village · 8.2 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Seaside · 13.7 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Stayton · 17.8 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Eugene · 38.4 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Gervais · 10.2
The number on the right is Madras’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.