| | Lakewood, WA | Hillsboro, OR | United States |
| Overall | 122.7 | 128.1 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 100.4 | 102.0 | 100 |
| Health | 88.3 | 90.2 | 100 |
| Housing | 152.6 | 158.3 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $459,500 | $533,000 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 6,950.0% | 8,270.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 118.9 | 122.4 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 129.1 | 136.4 | 100 |
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Reviews for Lakewood 
7 Reviews
Historically, Lakewood has had a bad reputation for being a crime ridden city, but since its incorporation in 1996 it has seen a transformation. Many of its roads have More
Lakewood is the worst city in the state. With a murder rate that has grown upwards of 20 people a year, to the home invasions that happen every day in the city, don’t More
lakewood(chocolate city, lakeview, eastside,tillicum/woodbrook,lakecity) all crime drug and gang filled areas. very high murder rate for a suburb..and there are way too More
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Reviews for Hillsboro 
10 Reviews
Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in More
I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the More
We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in More
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