Best PlacesAnderson Island, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Anderson Island, 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.
Anderson Island ranks 16,982nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Anderson Island
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.
Anderson Island's strengths and weaknesses
Where Anderson Island ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 89% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
Where Anderson Island ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,327 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute36.3 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Anderson Island
A household needs to earn about $143,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Anderson Island home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $80,282, 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 Anderson Island's effective rate of 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Anderson Island
Anderson Island runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Anderson Island.
Who works in Anderson Island, and how
Work in Anderson Island centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Anderson Island
The coast is about 63 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Anderson Island, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Anderson Island, month by month
Anderson Island sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 40° | 33° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 81° | 67° | 52° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Anderson Island
Seattle-Tacoma International sits about 27 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.4 million passengers in 2025, with 172 nonstop destinations.
Anderson Island 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 Anderson Island against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Anderson Island
Is Anderson Island a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Anderson Island ranks 16,982nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, clean air, and an educated workforce, and lowest on internet speeds and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Anderson Island expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $546,300. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $80,282 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Anderson Island safe?
Yes, Anderson Island is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $351 per resident a year.
Compare Anderson Island with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Anderson Island. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Anderson Island 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.
Anderson Island detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Anderson Island: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Anderson Island: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Anderson Island: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Anderson Island: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Anderson Island 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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