Rank	County	Score	Property Tax	Cost of Living	Income & Jobs	Health	Disaster Risk
1	Sherman County	76.1	82.7	81.4	22.2	73.5	97.1
2	Wheeler County	75.5	81.8	81.4	16.8	75	92.9
3	Wallowa County	74.6	85.8	80.3	26.2	74.9	66.1
4	Lake County	73.5	84.2	81.6	23.4	66.3	80.9
5	Grant County	73.4	80.9	82.1	22.4	73.2	67.9
6	Gilliam County	73.1	73.9	78.8	25.3	72.7	97.3
7	Harney County	71.7	75	84.1	14.9	69.1	76.4
8	Crook County	70.4	84.3	66.3	36.7	74.7	66.4
9	Morrow County	70.2	79.2	77.5	29.2	63.8	73.7
10	Jefferson County	69.9	81.5	72.5	31.1	67.7	70.2
11	Baker County	69.7	77.5	79.9	21.1	70.5	51.9
12	Union County	69.5	77.4	76.1	25.3	71.8	56.5
13	Hood River County	69.1	85.7	62	37	73.1	68
14	Malheur County	68.9	79.4	80.6	16	61.7	65.3
15	Klamath County	66.3	83.2	75.8	22.1	66.2	22.1
16	Curry County	66.2	87.3	72.9	25.7	67.3	13.5
17	Douglas County	66.2	83.7	76.9	21.9	69	7.1
18	Wasco County	66	78.7	73.8	24.9	67.8	32.2
19	Columbia County	65.8	81	64.2	39.8	73.6	29.3
20	Tillamook County	65.8	85.4	68.7	26.8	71.1	18.7
21	Coos County	65.4	81.4	73.9	22.8	71.3	8.1
22	Josephine County	65	87.4	70	22	68.7	9.8
23	Clatsop County	64.5	82.5	68	28.2	73.7	4.9
24	Umatilla County	63.9	74.4	74.1	28.4	67	17.7
25	Polk County	63.7	78.6	61	36.5	73.7	27.2
26	Lincoln County	63.6	78.8	70.9	23.4	69.9	10.1
27	Benton County	63.3	74.8	60.9	33	81.1	15.7
28	Deschutes County	63.2	84.9	51.9	40.6	80.1	15.1
29	Yamhill County	62.9	81.2	58.3	40.2	73.5	17.1
30	Jackson County	62.3	81	63.7	30	70.8	7.5
31	Linn County	62.1	76.7	64.8	31.3	70.8	11.9
32	Lane County	61.1	78	63.7	28.6	70.9	3.6
33	Clackamas County	59.8	77.7	47.2	48.9	80.7	5.1
34	Marion County	59.4	77.5	61	32.1	66.7	4.5
35	Washington County	59.2	77.8	45.1	51.5	80.3	4
36	Multnomah County	57	75.3	48.7	39.7	74.1	1.5

Data: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, FBI UCR, CDC, FEMA NRI, NCES, EPA SDWIS. Scores are 0-100 (higher is better). Rankings are based on available data dimensions and may change as new data sources are added. This information is for research purposes only and should not be the sole factor in relocation decisions.

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