Best PlacesBunker, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bunker, 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.
Bunker ranks 10,993rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bunker
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.
Bunker's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bunker ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$107,417 median, better than 89% of towns
Where Bunker ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bunker
A household needs to earn about $141,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bunker home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,417, 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 Bunker's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Bunker
Bunker runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bunker.
Who works in Bunker, and how
Work in Bunker centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bunker
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bunker.
What the weather is like in Bunker, month by month
Bunker sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 41° | 37° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 81° | 66° | 54° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Bunker
Seattle-Tacoma International sits about 66 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.4 million passengers in 2025, with 172 nonstop destinations.
Bunker 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 Bunker against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bunker
Is Bunker a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bunker ranks 10,993rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, few empty homes, and tree cover, and lowest on internet speeds and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bunker expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $552,019. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $107,417 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Bunker safe?
Yes, Bunker is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $292 per resident a year.
Compare Bunker with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bunker. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bunker 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.
Bunker detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bunker: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bunker: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bunker: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bunker: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bunker 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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