Best PlacesKapowsin, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kapowsin, 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.
Kapowsin ranks 16,433rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kapowsin
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.
Kapowsin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kapowsin ranks high
- Household income$118,042 median, better than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
Where Kapowsin ranks low
- Short commute45.6 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,327 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kapowsin
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kapowsin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $118,042, 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 Kapowsin's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Kapowsin
Kapowsin's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kapowsin.
Who works in Kapowsin, and how
Work in Kapowsin 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 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Kapowsin
The coast is about 31 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kapowsin, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kapowsin, month by month
Kapowsin sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 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° | 41° | 35° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 82° | 67° | 54° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Kapowsin
Seattle-Tacoma International sits about 33 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.4 million passengers in 2025, with 172 nonstop destinations.
Kapowsin 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 Kapowsin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kapowsin
Is Kapowsin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kapowsin ranks 16,433rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, few empty homes, and a strong job market, and lowest on long commutes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kapowsin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $559,700. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $118,042 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Kapowsin safe?
Yes, Kapowsin is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $337 per resident a year.
Compare Kapowsin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kapowsin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kapowsin 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.
Kapowsin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kapowsin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kapowsin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kapowsin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kapowsin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kapowsin 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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