Best PlacesFircrest, Vancouver, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fircrest, Vancouver, 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.
Fircrest, Vancouver ranks 3,666th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on clean air.
The best neighborhoods in Fircrest, Vancouver
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.
Fircrest, Vancouver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fircrest, Vancouver ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 72% of neighborhoods
Where Fircrest, Vancouver ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter 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 Fircrest, Vancouver
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fircrest, Vancouver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $69,599, 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 Fircrest, Vancouver's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Fircrest, Vancouver
Fircrest, Vancouver runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fircrest, Vancouver.
Who works in Fircrest, Vancouver, and how
Work in Fircrest, Vancouver centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Fircrest, Vancouver
Fircrest, Vancouver has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 88% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Fircrest, Vancouver and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fircrest, Vancouver, month by month
Fircrest, 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.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 42° | 36° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Fircrest, Vancouver
Portland International sits about 3 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
Fircrest, 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 Fircrest, Vancouver against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Fircrest, Vancouver
Is Fircrest, Vancouver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fircrest, Vancouver ranks 3,666th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on clean air, few empty homes, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on state infrastructure and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fircrest, Vancouver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $440,152. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $69,599 median income, cost of living beats 32% of neighborhoods.
Is Fircrest, Vancouver safe?
Fircrest, Vancouver is safer than 51% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $625 per resident a year.
Compare Fircrest, Vancouver with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fircrest, Vancouver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fircrest, 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.
Fircrest, Vancouver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fircrest, Vancouver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fircrest, Vancouver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fircrest, Vancouver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fircrest, Vancouver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fircrest, Vancouver 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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