Best PlacesKitsap Lake, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kitsap Lake, 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.
Kitsap Lake ranks 1,005th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kitsap Lake
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.
Kitsap Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kitsap Lake ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$158,768 median, better than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
Where Kitsap Lake ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,327 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kitsap Lake
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kitsap Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $158,768, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Kitsap Lake's effective rate of 0.71%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Kitsap Lake
Kitsap Lake runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kitsap Lake.
Who works in Kitsap Lake, and how
Work in Kitsap Lake centers on public administration and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Kitsap Lake
The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kitsap Lake, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kitsap Lake, month by month
Kitsap Lake sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 40° | 33° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 81° | 65° | 50° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Kitsap Lake
The nearest airport, Boeing Field/King County International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 24 miles away.
Kitsap Lake 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 Kitsap Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kitsap Lake
Is Kitsap Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kitsap Lake ranks 1,005th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, high incomes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on childcare costs and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kitsap Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $573,700. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $158,768 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Kitsap Lake safe?
Yes, Kitsap Lake is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $352 per resident a year.
Compare Kitsap Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kitsap Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kitsap Lake 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.
Kitsap Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kitsap Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kitsap Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kitsap Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kitsap Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kitsap Lake 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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