Best PlacesKlahanie, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Klahanie, 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.
Klahanie ranks 67th 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 Klahanie
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.
Klahanie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Klahanie ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$190,112 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
Where Klahanie ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,022 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Short commute31.7 minutes each way, better than only 25% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Klahanie
A household needs to earn about $290,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Klahanie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $190,112, 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 Klahanie's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 Klahanie
Klahanie'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 Klahanie.
Who works in Klahanie, and how
Work in Klahanie centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 52%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Klahanie
The coast is about 19 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Klahanie, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Klahanie, month by month
Klahanie sees roughly 147 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 42° | 36° |
| April | 62° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 81° | 69° | 58° |
| October | 63° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Klahanie
The nearest airport, Boeing Field/King County International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 16 miles away.
Klahanie 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 Klahanie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Klahanie
Is Klahanie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Klahanie ranks 67th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, biking, and high incomes, 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 Klahanie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,113,240. The overall cost of living runs about 31% above the national average. Set against a $190,112 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Klahanie safe?
Yes, Klahanie is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $278 per resident a year.
Compare Klahanie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Klahanie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Klahanie 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.
Klahanie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Klahanie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Klahanie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Klahanie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Klahanie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Klahanie 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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