Best PlacesHunts Point, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hunts Point, 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.
Hunts Point ranks 96th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hunts Point
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.
Hunts Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hunts Point ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$250,001 median, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
Where Hunts Point ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,022 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hunts Point
A household needs to earn about $517,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hunts Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $250,001, 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 Hunts Point's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Hunts Point
Hunts Point runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hunts Point.
Who works in Hunts Point, and how
Work in Hunts Point centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hunts Point
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Hunts Point, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hunts Point, month by month
Hunts Point sees roughly 154 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 62° | 52° | 43° |
| July | 81° | 68° | 58° |
| October | 63° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Hunts Point
The nearest airport, Boeing Field/King County International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 14 miles away.
Hunts Point 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 Hunts Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hunts Point
Is Hunts Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hunts Point ranks 96th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, an educated workforce, and high incomes, 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 Hunts Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $2,000,001. The overall cost of living runs about 69% above the national average. Set against a $250,001 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Hunts Point safe?
Hunts Point is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $393 per resident a year.
Compare Hunts Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hunts Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hunts Point 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.
Hunts Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hunts Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hunts Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hunts Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hunts Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hunts Point 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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