Living in a place that’s safe is always a priority when looking to relocate, buy a home, townhome, condo or any other type of real estate.  Raising three boys, having a sense of secruity about where I live, work, learn, grow and play is priceless.  With the turn of the New Year, many job relocations will be in the works and we know how important it is to have piece of mind during any transition.  That’s why we’re happy to share with you that Portland Oregon has been rated #13 safest places to live in the nation according to Farmers Insurance.

According to the 6th annual report, the study ranked the Portland, Beaverton, Vancouver WA. Metro area just outside Sherwood Oregon as the 13th most secure in the country among large metropolitan areas.  This was the 3rd consecutive year that Portland has ranked among the TOP 20 safest places in the nation in this Farmers study. 

To complete their study, they took into consideration crime statistics, extreme weather, risk of natural disasters, housing depreciation, foreclosures, terrorist threats, environmental hazards, air quality, life expectancy and job losses in 114 U.S. cities with populations of 500,000 or more.

So here’s the TOP 20 safest mid-size cities in the nation

    1. Austin-Round Rock, Tex.
    2. Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
    3. Madison, Wis.
    4. Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, Md.
    5. Rochester, N.Y.
    6. Honolulu, Hawaii
    7. Syracuse, N.Y.
    8. El Paso, Tex.
    9. Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Me.
    10. Nassau-Suffolk Counties, N.Y.
    11. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.
    12. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Tex.
    13. Portland-Beaverton, Ore.-Vancouver, Wash.
    14. New Haven-Milford, Conn.
    15. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn.
    16. Pittsburgh, Pa.
    17. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash.
    18. Colorado Springs, Colo.
    19. Denver, Colo.
    20. Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa.