Best Places99167, WA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 99167, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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99167 ranks 20,119th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 99167

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 99167 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

99167's strengths and weaknesses

Top 10%Quiet
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 99167 with other zip codes.

Where 99167 ranks high

  • QuietBetter than 92% of zip codes
  • Voter turnoutBetter than 87% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of zip codes
  • Crime safetyBetter than 82% of zip codes
  • Low property taxBetter than 82% of zip codes

Where 99167 ranks low

  • BikingBetter than only 2% of zip codes
  • WalkabilityBetter than only 5% of zip codes
  • Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of zip codes
  • Internet speedBetter than only 7% of zip codes
  • State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 99167

A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 99167 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $69,813, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$82,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,908
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $325,918 home
Median rent
$1,090
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,662
Property tax$138
Homeowners insurance$109

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 99167's effective rate of 0.51%, 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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 99167

99167 runs older than the country.

Median age
60
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
41%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.5
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1812%
18 to 3412%
35 to 4916%
50 to 6419%
65 and older41%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 99167.


Who works in 99167, and how

Work in 99167 centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.

Work from home
19%
above the national average
Unemployment
3.3%
below the national average
Job growth
−5.7%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Manufacturing15%
Agriculture & forestry15%
Education13%
Retail trade11%
Other services10%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 74%
  • Work from home 19%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 6%

Life in 99167

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 99167.


What the weather is like in 99167, month by month

99167 sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January36°29°21°
April61°46°31°
July89°70°48°
October61°45°31°

Flying in and out of 99167

The nearest airport, Spokane International, is about 61 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 205 miles away.

Nearest airport
GEG
Spokane International, about 61 miles
Airport size
Small hub
73rd-busiest in the US, 54 nonstop destinations
Average drive
88 min
from the area, with no traffic

99167 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 99167 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 99167

Is 99167 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 99167 ranks 20,119th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on quiet, civic engagement, and low taxes, and lowest on biking and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 99167 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $325,918. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $69,813 median income, cost of living beats 38% of zip codes.

Is 99167 safe?

Yes, 99167 is safer than 82% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $283 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 99167. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 99167 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.

99167 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 99167: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 99167: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 99167: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 99167: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

99167 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.