Best PlacesCowiche, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cowiche, 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.
Cowiche ranks 13,644th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cowiche
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.
Cowiche's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cowiche ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
Where Cowiche ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cowiche
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cowiche home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,586, 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 Cowiche's effective rate of 0.84%, 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.
Who lives in Cowiche
Cowiche runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Cowiche.
Who works in Cowiche, and how
Work in Cowiche centers on agriculture & forestry and wholesale trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Cowiche
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cowiche.
What the weather is like in Cowiche, month by month
Cowiche sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 52° | 35° |
| July | 94° | 77° | 55° |
| October | 67° | 50° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Cowiche
The nearest airport, Yakima Air Trml/McAllister Field, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 93 miles away.
Cowiche 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 Cowiche against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cowiche
Is Cowiche a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cowiche ranks 13,644th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cell coverage, and fast internet, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cowiche expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,691. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $63,586 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Cowiche safe?
Yes, Cowiche is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $213 per resident a year.
Compare Cowiche with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cowiche. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cowiche 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.
Cowiche detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cowiche: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cowiche: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cowiche: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cowiche: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cowiche 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.