Best PlacesBothell, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bothell, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bothell ranks 160th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bothell
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.
The best areas in Bothell
The parts of Bothell, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Canyon Creek-39th SE, Fitzgerald-35th SE & Hollyhills-Pioneer Hls-Morningside
Thrasher's Corner-Red Hawk
Seattle Hill-Silver Firs
Queensboro-Brentwood-Crystal Spgs, Canyon Park & Maywood-Beckstrom Hill
North Creek & Martha Lake
Downtown Riverfront-190th & Waynita-Simonds-Norway Hill
Westhill
Brickyard Road-Queensgate & Wedge
Scores across Bothell run from about the 40th to the 100th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Bothell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bothell ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of cities
- Household income$158,105 median, better than 93% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of cities
Where Bothell ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,699 a month, better than only 7% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 28% of cities
- Short commute29.0 minutes each way, better than only 30% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Bothell
A household needs to earn about $235,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bothell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $158,105, 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 Bothell's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Bothell
Bothell runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bothell.
Who works in Bothell, and how
Work in Bothell centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Bothell
Bothell has more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. The coast is about 13 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bothell and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bothell, month by month
Bothell sees roughly 136 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 42° | 36° |
| April | 59° | 50° | 42° |
| July | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| October | 60° | 52° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Bothell
The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 24 miles away.
Bothell 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 Bothell against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Bothell suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 83% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 33% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Bothell
Is Bothell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bothell ranks 160th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on population health, clean air, and high incomes, and lowest on childcare costs and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bothell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $904,349. The overall cost of living runs about 26% above the national average. Set against a $158,105 median income, cost of living beats 83% of cities.
Is Bothell safe?
Bothell is safer than 51% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $424 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bothell?
July highs average about 76 degrees, and January highs near 48 with lows near 36. That works out to about 136 pleasant days a year, more than 78% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Bothell?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Canyon Creek-39th SE, Fitzgerald-35th SE & Hollyhills-Pioneer Hls-Morningside, Thrasher's Corner-Red Hawk, and Seattle Hill-Silver Firs. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Bothell with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bothell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bothell 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.
Bothell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bothell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bothell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bothell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bothell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bothell 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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