Best PlacesFour Lakes, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Four Lakes, 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.
Four Lakes ranks 6,861st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Four Lakes
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.
Four Lakes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Four Lakes ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Four Lakes ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,197 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Four Lakes
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Four Lakes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $90,298, 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 Four Lakes' effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Four Lakes
Four Lakes runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Four Lakes.
Who works in Four Lakes, and how
Work in Four Lakes centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Four Lakes
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Four Lakes.
What the weather is like in Four Lakes, month by month
Four Lakes sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 89° | 74° | 58° |
| October | 61° | 48° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Four Lakes
The nearest airport, Spokane International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 220 miles away.
Four Lakes 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 Four Lakes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Four Lakes
Is Four Lakes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Four Lakes ranks 6,861st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cell coverage, and low crime, and lowest on noise and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Four Lakes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $448,333. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $90,298 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Four Lakes safe?
Yes, Four Lakes is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $217 per resident a year.
Compare Four Lakes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Four Lakes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Four Lakes 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.
Four Lakes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Four Lakes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Four Lakes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Four Lakes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Four Lakes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Four Lakes 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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