Best PlacesHoquiam, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hoquiam, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hoquiam ranks 28,949th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hoquiam
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.
Hoquiam's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hoquiam ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
Where Hoquiam ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hoquiam
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hoquiam home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $60,563; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Hoquiam's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hoquiam
Hoquiam'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 Hoquiam.
Who works in Hoquiam, and how
Work in Hoquiam centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Hoquiam
Hoquiam has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns. The coast is about 3 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Hoquiam and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hoquiam, month by month
Hoquiam sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 43° | 38° |
| April | 58° | 49° | 41° |
| July | 70° | 61° | 54° |
| October | 62° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Hoquiam
Seattle-Tacoma International sits about 81 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.4 million passengers in 2025, with 172 nonstop destinations.
Hoquiam 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 Hoquiam against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hoquiam
Is Hoquiam a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hoquiam ranks 28,949th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and clean air, and lowest on disaster risk and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hoquiam expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $243,160. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $60,563 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Hoquiam safe?
Hoquiam is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $595 per resident a year.
Compare Hoquiam with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hoquiam. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hoquiam 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.
Hoquiam detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hoquiam: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hoquiam: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hoquiam: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hoquiam: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hoquiam 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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