Best PlacesGreenwater, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greenwater, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Greenwater ranks 31,386th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Greenwater
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.
Greenwater's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greenwater ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$116,960 median, better than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
Where Greenwater ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,327 a month, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Greenwater
A household needs to earn about $204,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greenwater home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $116,960, 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 Greenwater's effective rate of 0.73%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Greenwater
Greenwater runs older than the country, 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 Greenwater.
Who works in Greenwater, and how
Work in Greenwater centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Greenwater
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Greenwater.
What the weather is like in Greenwater, month by month
Greenwater sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 72 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs July and August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 24° |
| April | 48° | 38° | 31° |
| July | 72° | 59° | 49° |
| October | 51° | 43° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Greenwater
Seattle-Tacoma International sits about 41 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.4 million passengers in 2025, with 172 nonstop destinations.
Greenwater 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 Greenwater against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Greenwater
Is Greenwater a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greenwater ranks 31,386th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, tree cover, and high incomes, and lowest on crime and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Greenwater expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $788,500. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $116,960 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Greenwater safe?
Greenwater is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,687 per resident a year.
Compare Greenwater with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greenwater. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greenwater 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.
Greenwater detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greenwater: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greenwater: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greenwater: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greenwater: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greenwater 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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