Best PlacesCoulee City, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coulee City, 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.
Coulee City ranks 26,318th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Coulee City
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.
Coulee City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coulee City ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 83% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of towns
Where Coulee City ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coulee City
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coulee City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,009, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Coulee City's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Coulee City
Coulee City 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 Coulee City.
Who works in Coulee City, and how
Work in Coulee City centers on construction and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Coulee City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Coulee City.
What the weather is like in Coulee City, month by month
Coulee City sees roughly 170 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 37° |
| July | 93° | 78° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 51° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Coulee City
The nearest airport, Pangborn Memorial, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 140 miles away.
Coulee City 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 Coulee City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coulee City
Is Coulee City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coulee City ranks 26,318th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, the weather, and low taxes, and lowest on tree cover and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coulee City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,389. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $61,009 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Coulee City safe?
Yes, Coulee City is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $366 per resident a year.
Compare Coulee City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coulee City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coulee City 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.
Coulee City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coulee City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coulee City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coulee City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coulee City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coulee City 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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