Best PlacesCamano Island, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Camano Island, 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.
Camano Island ranks 6,984th 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 Camano Island
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.
Camano Island's strengths and weaknesses
Where Camano Island ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$106,668 median, better than 88% of towns
Where Camano Island ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,516 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Short commute42.2 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Camano Island
A household needs to earn about $171,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Camano Island home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $106,668, 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 Camano Island's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Camano Island
Camano Island 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 Camano Island.
Who works in Camano Island, and how
Work in Camano Island centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Camano Island
The coast is about 1 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Camano Island, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Camano Island, month by month
Camano Island sees roughly 111 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 69 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 43° | 36° |
| April | 58° | 50° | 42° |
| July | 69° | 60° | 53° |
| October | 61° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Camano Island
The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 51 miles away.
Camano Island 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 Camano Island against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Camano Island
Is Camano Island a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Camano Island ranks 6,984th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, civic engagement, and transit, and lowest on childcare costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Camano Island expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $664,487. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $106,668 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Camano Island safe?
Yes, Camano Island is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $249 per resident a year.
Compare Camano Island with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Camano Island. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Camano Island 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.
Camano Island detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Camano Island: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Camano Island: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Camano Island: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Camano Island: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Camano Island 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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