Best PlacesAddy, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Addy, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Addy ranks 17,898th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Addy
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.
Addy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Addy ranks high
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 77% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 75% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 70% of towns
Where Addy ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 17% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,077 a month, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Addy
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Addy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $83,707; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Addy's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Addy
Addy runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Addy.
Who works in Addy, and how
Work in Addy centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Addy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Addy.
What the weather is like in Addy, month by month
Addy sees roughly 89 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.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 46° | 31° |
| July | 89° | 70° | 48° |
| October | 61° | 45° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Addy
The nearest airport, Spokane International, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 213 miles away.
Addy 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 Addy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Addy
Is Addy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Addy ranks 17,898th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, low taxes, and civic engagement, and lowest on internet speeds and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Addy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $364,911. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $83,707 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Addy safe?
Yes, Addy is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $328 per resident a year.
Compare Addy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Addy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Addy 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.
Addy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Addy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Addy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Addy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Addy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Addy 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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