Best PlacesCanyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell, WA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell, 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.

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Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell ranks 107th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell's strengths and weaknesses

#107Best US area overall
Top 1%What local pay buys
Top 3%High incomes
Top 3%A strong job market
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell with other neighborhoods.

Where Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell ranks high

  • Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
  • Household income$224,832 median, better than 98% of neighborhoods
  • Local economyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
  • Low vacancyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
  • Air qualityBetter than 96% of neighborhoods

Where Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell ranks low

  • WalkabilityBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
  • State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
  • Short commute33.2 minutes each way, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
  • Cheap childcare$1,516 a month, better than only 19% of neighborhoods
  • TransitBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods

What it costs to buy a home in Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell

A household needs to earn about $282,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $224,832, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$282,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$6,590
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $1,089,695 home
Median rent
$3,406
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$5,556
Property tax$671
Homeowners insurance$363

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 Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell's effective rate of 0.74%, 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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell

Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
39
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
10%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
3.0
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1830%
18 to 3420%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6420%
65 and older10%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell.


Who works in Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell, and how

Work in Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
43%
above the national average
Unemployment
6.1%
above the national average
Job growth
+29.7%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Professional & technical26%
Retail trade17%
Manufacturing11%
Information8%
Health care & social7%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 50%
  • Work from home 43%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 7%

Life in Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell

The coast is about 13 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell, which the map shows.

To the coast
13 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell, month by month

Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell 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.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January48°42°36°
April59°50°42°
July76°64°55°
October60°52°46°

Flying in and out of Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell

The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 25 miles away.

Nearest airport
PAE
Seattle Paine Field International, about 9 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
177th-busiest in the US, 21 nonstop destinations
Average drive
12 min
from the area, with no traffic

Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell 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 Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.


Common questions about living in Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell

Is Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell ranks 107th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and a strong job market, and lowest on walkability and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $1,089,695. The overall cost of living runs about 28% above the national average. Set against a $224,832 median income, cost of living beats 99% of neighborhoods.

Is Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell safe?

Yes, Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell is safer than 87% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $362 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell 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.

Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.