Best PlacesKlickitat, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Klickitat, 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.
Klickitat ranks 46,730th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Noise pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on clean air.
The best neighborhoods in Klickitat
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.
Klickitat's strengths and weaknesses
Where Klickitat ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 131 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
Where Klickitat ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Klickitat
A household needs to earn about $125,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Klickitat home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $51,453, 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 Klickitat's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Klickitat
Klickitat 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 Klickitat.
Who works in Klickitat, and how
Work in Klickitat centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Klickitat
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Klickitat.
What the weather is like in Klickitat, month by month
Klickitat sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 30° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 93° | 77° | 61° |
| October | 69° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Klickitat
The nearest airport, Yakima Air Trml/McAllister Field, is about 61 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 71 miles away.
Klickitat 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 Klickitat against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Klickitat
Is Klickitat a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Klickitat ranks 46,730th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on noise and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Klickitat expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $498,343. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $51,453 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Klickitat safe?
Klickitat is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $444 per resident a year.
Compare Klickitat with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Klickitat. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Klickitat 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.
Klickitat detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Klickitat: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Klickitat: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Klickitat: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Klickitat: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Klickitat 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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