Best PlacesHunters, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hunters, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hunters ranks 44,625th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hunters
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.
Hunters' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hunters ranks high
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 73% of towns
Where Hunters ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$42,891 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute35.6 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hunters
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hunters home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $42,891, 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 Hunters' effective rate of 0.48%, 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 Hunters
Hunters 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 Hunters.
Who works in Hunters, and how
Work in Hunters centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hunters
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hunters.
What the weather is like in Hunters, month by month
Hunters sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 46° | 31° |
| July | 89° | 70° | 48° |
| October | 61° | 45° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Hunters
The nearest airport, Spokane International, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 200 miles away.
Hunters 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 Hunters against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hunters
Is Hunters a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hunters ranks 44,625th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, a strong job market, and low taxes, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hunters expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $298,238. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $42,891 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Hunters safe?
Hunters is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $378 per resident a year.
Compare Hunters with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hunters. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hunters 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.
Hunters detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hunters: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hunters: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hunters: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hunters: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hunters 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.