Best PlacesHumptulips, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Humptulips, 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.
Humptulips ranks 28,556th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Humptulips
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.
Humptulips' strengths and weaknesses
Where Humptulips ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Humptulips ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Humptulips
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Humptulips home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $71,962; 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 Humptulips' effective rate of 0.78%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Humptulips
Humptulips'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 Humptulips.
Who works in Humptulips, and how
Work in Humptulips centers on hospitality & food and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Humptulips
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Humptulips, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Humptulips, month by month
Humptulips sees roughly 111 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 Humptulips
Seattle-Tacoma International sits about 78 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.4 million passengers in 2025, with 172 nonstop destinations.
Humptulips 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 Humptulips against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Humptulips
Is Humptulips a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Humptulips ranks 28,556th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, quiet, and clean air, and lowest on internet speeds and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Humptulips expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $291,288. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $71,962 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Humptulips safe?
Humptulips is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $719 per resident a year.
Compare Humptulips with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Humptulips. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Humptulips 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.
Humptulips detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Humptulips: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Humptulips: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Humptulips: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Humptulips: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Humptulips 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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