Best PlacesEast Wenatchee, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Wenatchee, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
East Wenatchee ranks 593rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East Wenatchee
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.
East Wenatchee's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Wenatchee ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of cities
- Short commute18.9 minutes each way, better than 91% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 175 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 84% of cities
Where East Wenatchee ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 17% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 18% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in East Wenatchee
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Wenatchee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $95,058, 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 East Wenatchee's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 East Wenatchee
East Wenatchee's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Wenatchee.
Who works in East Wenatchee, and how
Work in East Wenatchee centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in East Wenatchee
East Wenatchee has more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of East Wenatchee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Wenatchee, month by month
East Wenatchee sees roughly 175 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 92° | 77° | 62° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of East Wenatchee
The nearest airport, Pangborn Memorial, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 95 miles away.
East Wenatchee 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 East Wenatchee against the other 2,097 cities.
Who East Wenatchee suits
Families
Schools land around the 31st percentile and crime safety beats 82%.
Common questions about living in East Wenatchee
Is East Wenatchee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Wenatchee ranks 593rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on clean air, short commutes, and the weather, and lowest on internet speeds and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Wenatchee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $447,483. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $95,058 median income, cost of living beats 50% of cities.
Is East Wenatchee safe?
Yes, East Wenatchee is safer than 82% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $298 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in East Wenatchee?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 23. That works out to about 175 pleasant days a year, more than 88% of cities.
Is East Wenatchee good for families?
Schools beat 31% of cities, crime safety beats 82%, and childcare runs $1,077 a month.
Compare East Wenatchee with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Wenatchee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Wenatchee 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.
East Wenatchee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Wenatchee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Wenatchee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Wenatchee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Wenatchee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Wenatchee 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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