Best PlacesBunk Foss, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bunk Foss, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bunk Foss ranks 1,081st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bunk Foss
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.
Bunk Foss' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bunk Foss ranks high
- Household income$172,189 median, better than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
Where Bunk Foss ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,516 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Short commute33.2 minutes each way, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bunk Foss
A household needs to earn about $225,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bunk Foss home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $172,189, 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 Bunk Foss' effective rate of 0.84%, 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 Bunk Foss
Bunk Foss's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Bunk Foss.
Who works in Bunk Foss, and how
Work in Bunk Foss centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Bunk Foss
The coast is about 10 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Bunk Foss, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bunk Foss, month by month
Bunk Foss sees roughly 135 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 Bunk Foss
The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 37 miles away.
Bunk Foss 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 Bunk Foss against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bunk Foss
Is Bunk Foss a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bunk Foss ranks 1,081st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, few empty homes, and cell coverage, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bunk Foss expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $857,314. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $172,189 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Bunk Foss safe?
Yes, Bunk Foss is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $210 per resident a year.
Compare Bunk Foss with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bunk Foss. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bunk Foss 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.
Bunk Foss detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bunk Foss: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bunk Foss: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bunk Foss: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bunk Foss: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bunk Foss 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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