Portland

Best Portland suburbs for families

Ranked on a families weighting: schools at 30%, amenities within two miles at 20%, and the four poll questions about children, safety and sidewalks at 20%. Cost still counts, at 15%. The full weighting is shown at the bottom, and it is not the same as the overall score.

Updated Sep 2026·43 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
View of Lakewood Bay, Oswego Lake, April 2008
Lake Oswego$932k median · 21.6 min commute
Schools A−Amenities A−Residents inactive
79
Family score
overall 76 B
2
The historic Edward Earl Fisher Building (built 1916), located at 12444–12576 Southwest Broadway Street in Beaverton, Oregon, United States, is listed as a cont
Beaverton$570k median · 24.1 min commute
Schools B+Amenities A+Residents inactive
78
Family score
overall 71 B−
3
Entrance sign to the private Oak Hills development.
Oak Hills$648k median · 21.3 min commute
Schools BAmenities A+Residents inactive
78
Family score
overall 76 B
4
West Linn, OR
West Linn$770k median · 24.3 min commute
Schools A−Amenities BResidents inactive
74
Family score
overall 71 B−
5
Downtown w:Tigard, Oregon, Main Street
Tigard$611k median · 22.9 min commute
Schools B−Amenities A+Residents inactive
74
Family score
overall 69 B−
6
TV Hwy in w:Aloha, Oregon, USA looking east at w:Mount Hood
Aloha$484k median · 25.4 min commute
Schools B−Amenities AResidents inactive
73
Family score
overall 68 B−
7
City hall in w:Wilsonville, Oregon
Wilsonville$615k median · 24.4 min commute
Schools B+Amenities BResidents inactive
73
Family score
overall 64 C+
8
Drone photo of Portland, Oregon
Portland$582k median · 24.1 min commute
Schools C+Amenities A+Residents inactive
73
Family score
overall 67 C+
9
Looking east on Cornell Road at N.W. 129th Avenue in Cedar Mill, Oregon, in 2009. This is in the main commercial part of Cedar Mill. The intersection in the dis
Cedar Mill$878k median · 24.6 min commute
Schools BAmenities BResidents inactive
72
Family score
overall 71 B−
10
Tualatin Commons in w:Tualatin, Oregon
Tualatin$628k median · 21.4 min commute
Schools B−Amenities B+Residents inactive
71
Family score
overall 68 B−
This list's weighting
Schools 30%Amenities 20%Resident poll (Q2, Q5, Q6, Q8) 20%Cost of living 15%Housing 10%Commute 5%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Lake Oswego (Esprqii · CC BY-SA 3.0); Beaverton (Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0); Oak Hills (M.O. Stevens · CC BY 3.0); West Linn (Tesint · CC BY-SA 3.0); Tigard (M.O. Stevens · Public domain); Aloha (M.O. Stevens · Public domain); Wilsonville (M.O. Stevens · CC BY 3.0); Portland (Spicypepper999 · CC0); Cedar Mill (Steve Morgan · CC BY-SA 3.0); Tualatin (M.O. Stevens · CC BY-SA 3.0).