Best PlacesCascade Highlands, Vancouver, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cascade Highlands, Vancouver, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cascade Highlands, Vancouver ranks 2,492nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cascade Highlands, Vancouver
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.
Cascade Highlands, Vancouver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cascade Highlands, Vancouver ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
Where Cascade Highlands, Vancouver ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 23% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Cascade Highlands, Vancouver
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cascade Highlands, Vancouver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $82,535, 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 Cascade Highlands, Vancouver's effective rate of 0.81%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cascade Highlands, Vancouver
Cascade Highlands, Vancouver 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 Cascade Highlands, Vancouver.
Who works in Cascade Highlands, Vancouver, and how
Work in Cascade Highlands, Vancouver centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Cascade Highlands, Vancouver
Cascade Highlands, Vancouver has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Cascade Highlands, Vancouver and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cascade Highlands, Vancouver, month by month
Cascade Highlands, Vancouver sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 42° | 36° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Cascade Highlands, Vancouver
Portland International sits about 4 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
Cascade Highlands, Vancouver 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 Cascade Highlands, Vancouver against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Cascade Highlands, Vancouver
Is Cascade Highlands, Vancouver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cascade Highlands, Vancouver ranks 2,492nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cell coverage, clean air, and quiet, and lowest on state infrastructure and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cascade Highlands, Vancouver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $386,860. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $82,535 median income, cost of living beats 48% of neighborhoods.
Is Cascade Highlands, Vancouver safe?
Yes, Cascade Highlands, Vancouver is safer than 60% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $564 per resident a year.
Compare Cascade Highlands, Vancouver with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cascade Highlands, Vancouver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cascade Highlands, Vancouver 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.
Cascade Highlands, Vancouver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cascade Highlands, Vancouver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cascade Highlands, Vancouver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cascade Highlands, Vancouver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cascade Highlands, Vancouver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cascade Highlands, Vancouver 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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