Best PlacesCountryside Woods, Vancouver, WA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Countryside Woods, Vancouver, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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Countryside Woods, Vancouver ranks 2,290th 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.

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The best neighborhoods in Countryside Woods, Vancouver

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Countryside Woods, Vancouver area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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Countryside Woods, Vancouver's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%Cell coverage
Top 5%Few empty homes
Top 10%A stable housing market
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Countryside Woods, Vancouver with other neighborhoods.

Where Countryside Woods, Vancouver ranks high

  • Cell coverageBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
  • Low vacancyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
  • Air qualityBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 79% of neighborhoods

Where Countryside Woods, Vancouver ranks low

  • State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
  • Internet speedBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
  • TransitBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
  • Local economyBetter than only 27% of neighborhoods
  • Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 28% of neighborhoods

What it costs to buy a home in Countryside Woods, Vancouver

A household needs to earn about $140,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Countryside Woods, Vancouver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $104,500, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$140,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$3,278
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $520,775 home
Median rent
$2,281
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$2,655
Property tax$449
Homeowners insurance$174

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 Countryside Woods, Vancouver's effective rate of 1.03%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. 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 Countryside Woods, Vancouver

Countryside Woods, Vancouver runs older than the country.

Median age
49
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
19%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.6
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1819%
18 to 3416%
35 to 4922%
50 to 6424%
65 and older19%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Countryside Woods, Vancouver.


Who works in Countryside Woods, Vancouver, and how

Work in Countryside Woods, Vancouver centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
17%
about the national average
Unemployment
3.9%
below the national average
Job growth
+1.6%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Retail trade16%
Construction15%
Health care & social14%
Manufacturing10%
Professional & technical6%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 80%
  • Work from home 17%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 4%

Life in Countryside Woods, Vancouver

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Countryside Woods, Vancouver.

Places to eat and drink
20
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 38.3 per 10,000 residents, more than 58% of neighborhoods

What the weather is like in Countryside Woods, Vancouver, month by month

Countryside Woods, 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.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
Show the monthly temperatures
MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January49°42°36°
April66°53°43°
July86°71°59°
October67°56°46°

Flying in and out of Countryside Woods, Vancouver

Portland International sits about 5 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
PDX
Portland International, about 5 miles
Airport size
Medium hub
32nd-busiest in the US, 117 nonstop destinations
Average drive
8 min
from the area, with no traffic

Countryside Woods, 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 Countryside Woods, Vancouver against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.


Common questions about living in Countryside Woods, Vancouver

Is Countryside Woods, Vancouver a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Countryside Woods, Vancouver ranks 2,290th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cell coverage, few empty homes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on state infrastructure and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Countryside Woods, Vancouver expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $520,775. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $104,500 median income, cost of living beats 72% of neighborhoods.

Is Countryside Woods, Vancouver safe?

Yes, Countryside Woods, Vancouver is safer than 67% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $546 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 Countryside Woods, Vancouver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Countryside Woods, 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.

Countryside Woods, Vancouver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

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

Countryside Woods, Vancouver 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.