Best PlacesBryn Mawr-Skyway, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bryn Mawr-Skyway, 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.
Bryn Mawr-Skyway ranks 20,646th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bryn Mawr-Skyway
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.
Bryn Mawr-Skyway's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bryn Mawr-Skyway ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
Where Bryn Mawr-Skyway ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,022 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bryn Mawr-Skyway
A household needs to earn about $168,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bryn Mawr-Skyway home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $99,672, 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 Bryn Mawr-Skyway's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 Bryn Mawr-Skyway
Bryn Mawr-Skyway's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bryn Mawr-Skyway.
Who works in Bryn Mawr-Skyway, and how
Work in Bryn Mawr-Skyway centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Bryn Mawr-Skyway
Bryn Mawr-Skyway has more parkland per resident than 84% of towns. The coast is about 10 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bryn Mawr-Skyway and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bryn Mawr-Skyway, month by month
Bryn Mawr-Skyway sees roughly 148 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 42° | 36° |
| April | 62° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 81° | 69° | 58° |
| October | 63° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Bryn Mawr-Skyway
The nearest airport, Boeing Field/King County International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 4 miles away.
Bryn Mawr-Skyway 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 Bryn Mawr-Skyway against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bryn Mawr-Skyway
Is Bryn Mawr-Skyway a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bryn Mawr-Skyway ranks 20,646th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and population health, and lowest on childcare costs and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bryn Mawr-Skyway expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $633,115. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $99,672 median income, cost of living beats 53% of towns.
Is Bryn Mawr-Skyway safe?
Bryn Mawr-Skyway is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $922 per resident a year.
Compare Bryn Mawr-Skyway with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bryn Mawr-Skyway. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bryn Mawr-Skyway 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.
Bryn Mawr-Skyway detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bryn Mawr-Skyway: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bryn Mawr-Skyway: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bryn Mawr-Skyway: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bryn Mawr-Skyway: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bryn Mawr-Skyway 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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