Best PlacesHazel Dell, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hazel Dell, 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.
Hazel Dell ranks 12,168th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hazel Dell
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.
Hazel Dell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hazel Dell ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
Where Hazel Dell ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hazel Dell
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hazel Dell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,927, 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 Hazel Dell's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hazel Dell
Hazel Dell runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hazel Dell.
Who works in Hazel Dell, and how
Work in Hazel Dell centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Hazel Dell
Hazel Dell has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns and more late-night spots per resident than 91% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hazel Dell and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hazel Dell, month by month
Hazel Dell sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 41° | 34° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 85° | 70° | 57° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Hazel Dell
Portland International sits about 7 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
Hazel Dell 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 Hazel Dell against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Hazel Dell suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 17% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Hazel Dell
Is Hazel Dell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hazel Dell ranks 12,168th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, biking, and walkability, 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 Hazel Dell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $442,279. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $87,927 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Hazel Dell safe?
Hazel Dell is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $456 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hazel Dell?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 49 with lows near 34. That works out to about 114 pleasant days a year, more than 76% of towns.
Is Hazel Dell good for families?
Schools beat 37% of towns, crime safety beats 43%, and childcare runs $1,375 a month.
Compare Hazel Dell with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hazel Dell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hazel Dell 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.
Hazel Dell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hazel Dell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hazel Dell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hazel Dell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hazel Dell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hazel Dell 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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