Best PlacesBrinnon, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brinnon, 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.
Brinnon ranks 31,078th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Brinnon
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.
Brinnon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brinnon ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
Where Brinnon ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brinnon
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brinnon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $57,639, 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 Brinnon's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Brinnon
Brinnon 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 Brinnon.
Who works in Brinnon, and how
Work in Brinnon centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Brinnon
The coast is about 35 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Brinnon, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Brinnon, month by month
Brinnon sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 40° | 33° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 81° | 65° | 50° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Brinnon
The nearest airport, Boeing Field/King County International, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 33 miles away.
Brinnon 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 Brinnon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brinnon
Is Brinnon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brinnon ranks 31,078th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, transit, and civic engagement, and lowest on childcare costs and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brinnon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $283,736. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $57,639 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Brinnon safe?
Brinnon is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $508 per resident a year.
Compare Brinnon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brinnon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brinnon 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.
Brinnon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brinnon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brinnon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brinnon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brinnon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brinnon 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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