Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 6,744 people, lies in Oregon.
A good place to live, if you can afford it. It does especially well on schools — its public schools beat 90% of Oregon towns on state tests and graduation. Health is another plus (A) — residents are healthier than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The catch is cost of living (D−) — the typical home is worth about $911K, 9.4 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. All told, that adds up to an A− overall and a rank of 8th of 142 in Oregon. Nationally, it does better than 84% of U.S. towns. Raleigh Hills has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Thomas Michos House and J. F. Watkins House. 58% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in the town, against 27% in Oregon’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Raleigh Hills beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Raleigh Hills is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 4%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
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The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2009 and 6 maps from 1939 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Raleigh Hills. Close and well known come first.
5 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
4 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
3 mi MuseumPittock Mansion
32 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
4 mi City parkForest Park
5 mi Stadium & arenaVeterans Memorial ColiseumModa Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Veterans Memorial Coliseum: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Raleigh Hills is unincorporated, so Washington County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Oct 2, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Raleigh Hills.
Raleigh Hills carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Oregon (mostly inland flooding) and has schools in the top 5% of Oregon, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Oregon.
At 9.4 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income, the typical home (about $911K) costs more against local pay than in any other Oregon town; that ratio is one input to that grade. Its typical home is the priciest on its borders; West Slope is next at $762K.
The typical Raleigh Hills home is worth about $911,000, up 1.8% in a year, 85% above the Oregon typical home. In Raleigh Hills, 53% of households live in a home they own. Raleigh Hills’ median rent is $1,672 a month.
| Raleigh Hills | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 53% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,672 a month | $1,413 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
That grade ranks #6 of the 142 Oregon towns we grade for schools. It comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $911K.
Public schools: Beaverton SD 48J. Its one school is below. 310 students attend Raleigh Hills’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raleigh Park Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 310 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OR on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Oregon is no health insurance: 5.2% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 8.5% statewide.
Raleigh Hills: 31% of adults have obesity. Only 9 of the 142 Oregon towns we compare have a lower share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Raleigh Hills. CDC measures, 26 in all: Raleigh Hills beats Oregon on 11 and trails on 1.
| Raleigh Hills | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.6% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 25% |
| What stands out | Raleigh Hills | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 8.5% |
| Fewer smokers | 7.6% | 12% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.2% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 94% of Oregon towns, with expected losses of about $247 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1980, Raleigh Hills has seen 13 flood insurance claims paid out. The FEMA hazard score in the town is 27 of 100. FEMA puts 46% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 41% to earthquakes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In July, afternoons reach 81°; in January, nights fall to 36°, and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1.6% of working residents work locally in Raleigh Hills. Among 142 Oregon towns, just 10 have a higher middle household income than Raleigh Hills. For Raleigh Hills, the average trip to work is 21 minutes. The top destinations are Portland (38%), Beaverton (13%) and Hillsboro (9%).
| Raleigh Hills | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $120,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 11% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Across 4 parks and preserves: 0.9 miles of trail. Parks and preserves in Raleigh Hills: 4, covering 25 acres. For Raleigh Hills, the density of trails is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Raleigh Hills | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Raleigh Park and Swim Center | 0.4 mi | 12 |
| 2. Raleighwood Wetlands Natural Area | 0.2 mi | 8 |
| 3. Vista Brook Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
16 within 15 miles of the center of Raleigh Hills
About 6 of every 100 Raleigh Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oregon.
3 places in Raleigh Hills on the National Register of Historic Places.
Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
Raleigh Hills is a census-designated place and neighborhood in Washington County, Oregon within the metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is located in the southwest hills in Washington County, with Beaverton to the west, West Slope to the north, and Progress and Garden Home to the south. As of the 2020 census, Raleigh Hills had a population of 6,196. Raleigh Hills is located at the intersection of Oregon Routes 10 and 210. Fire protection and EMS services are provided through Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue. Raleigh Hills is also the location of the first ever New Seasons Market.
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4 towns share a border with Raleigh Hills.
At #8 in OR, it grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; West Slope (A−) comes closest.
| Town | OR rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raleigh Hills | #8 | A− | D− | — | A | A |
| Beaverton | #38 | B− | D | C− | A | A− |
| Garden Home-Whitford | #11 | A− | D | — | A | A− |
| West Slope | #9 | A− | D− | — | A | A |
| Portland | #61 | C+ | D | D− | A | A− |
Raleigh Hills, Garden Home-Whitford and West Slope report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Raleigh Hills with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Raleigh Hills grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #8 of 142 in Oregon. It grades A for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
