Best PlacesBeverly, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beverly, 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.
Beverly ranks 35,079th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Beverly
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.
Beverly's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beverly ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 154 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 83% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 79% of towns
- Short commute23.0 minutes each way, better than 74% of towns
Where Beverly ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Beverly
A household needs to earn about $164,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beverly home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $68,844, 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 Beverly's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Beverly
Beverly runs younger than the country, 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 Beverly.
Who works in Beverly, and how
Work in Beverly centers on agriculture & forestry and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Beverly
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Beverly.
What the weather is like in Beverly, month by month
Beverly sees roughly 154 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 64° | 49° | 35° |
| July | 91° | 73° | 56° |
| October | 65° | 49° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Beverly
The nearest airport, Yakima Air Trml/McAllister Field, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 120 miles away.
Beverly 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 Beverly against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Beverly
Is Beverly a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beverly ranks 35,079th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and population health, and lowest on civic engagement and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Beverly expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $644,500. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $68,844 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Beverly safe?
Beverly is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $459 per resident a year.
Compare Beverly with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beverly. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beverly 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.
Beverly detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beverly: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beverly: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beverly: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beverly: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beverly 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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