Best PlacesDallesport, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dallesport, 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.
Dallesport ranks 20,230th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dallesport
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.
Dallesport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dallesport ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- BikingBetter than 86% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
Where Dallesport ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dallesport
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dallesport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,547, 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 Dallesport's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dallesport
Dallesport's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Dallesport.
Who works in Dallesport, and how
Work in Dallesport centers on agriculture & forestry and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Dallesport
Dallesport has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Dallesport and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dallesport, month by month
Dallesport sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 30° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 93° | 77° | 61° |
| October | 69° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Dallesport
Portland International sits about 69 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
Dallesport 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 Dallesport against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dallesport
Is Dallesport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dallesport ranks 20,230th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, transit, and cell coverage, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dallesport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $390,373. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $72,547 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Dallesport safe?
Yes, Dallesport is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
Compare Dallesport with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dallesport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dallesport 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.
Dallesport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dallesport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dallesport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dallesport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dallesport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dallesport 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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