Best PlacesCopalis Beach, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Copalis Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Copalis Beach ranks 30,864th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Copalis Beach
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.
Copalis Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Copalis Beach ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
Where Copalis Beach ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Copalis Beach
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Copalis Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $67,170; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Copalis Beach's effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Copalis Beach
Copalis Beach 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 Copalis Beach.
Who works in Copalis Beach, and how
Work in Copalis Beach centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Copalis Beach
The coast is about 2 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Copalis Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Copalis Beach, month by month
Copalis Beach sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 43° | 38° |
| April | 58° | 49° | 41° |
| July | 70° | 61° | 54° |
| October | 62° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Copalis Beach
Seattle-Tacoma International sits about 90 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.4 million passengers in 2025, with 172 nonstop destinations.
Copalis Beach 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 Copalis Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Copalis Beach
Is Copalis Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Copalis Beach ranks 30,864th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, clean air, and a strong job market, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Copalis Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $285,323. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $67,170 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Copalis Beach safe?
Copalis Beach is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $602 per resident a year.
Compare Copalis Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Copalis Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Copalis Beach 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.
Copalis Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Copalis Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Copalis Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Copalis Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Copalis Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Copalis Beach 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.
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