Best Places98047, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 98047, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
98047 ranks 13,080th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 98047
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
98047's strengths and weaknesses
Where 98047 ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 94% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 88% of zip codes
Where 98047 ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,017 a month, better than only 1% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 98047
A household needs to earn about $124,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 98047 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $110,320, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 98047's effective rate of 0.97%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 98047
98047's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 98047.
Who works in 98047, and how
Work in 98047 centers on transportation & warehousing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in 98047
The coast is about 12 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 98047, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 98047, month by month
98047 sees roughly 122 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 41° | 35° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 82° | 67° | 54° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of 98047
Seattle-Tacoma International sits about 13 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.4 million passengers in 2025, with 172 nonstop destinations.
98047 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 98047 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 98047
Is 98047 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 98047 ranks 13,080th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on cell coverage, biking, and clean air, and lowest on childcare costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 98047 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $462,522. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $110,320 median income, cost of living beats 66% of zip codes.
Is 98047 safe?
98047 is safer than 23% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $598 per resident a year.
Compare 98047 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 98047. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 98047 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
98047 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 98047: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 98047: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 98047: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 98047: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
98047 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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