Best PlacesLilliwaup, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lilliwaup, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lilliwaup ranks 31,332nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lilliwaup
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.
Lilliwaup's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lilliwaup ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
Where Lilliwaup ranks low
- Short commute41.2 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,361 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lilliwaup
A household needs to earn about $124,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lilliwaup home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $82,473, 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 Lilliwaup's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Lilliwaup
Lilliwaup 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 Lilliwaup.
Who works in Lilliwaup, and how
Work in Lilliwaup centers on retail trade and utilities. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 54%
- Work from home 41%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lilliwaup
The coast is about 49 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Lilliwaup, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lilliwaup, month by month
Lilliwaup sees roughly 96 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 Lilliwaup
The nearest airport, Boeing Field/King County International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 34 miles away.
Lilliwaup 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 Lilliwaup against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lilliwaup
Is Lilliwaup a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lilliwaup ranks 31,332nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, civic engagement, and transit, 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 Lilliwaup expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $483,876. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $82,473 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Lilliwaup safe?
Lilliwaup is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $633 per resident a year.
Compare Lilliwaup with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lilliwaup. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lilliwaup 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.
Lilliwaup detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lilliwaup: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lilliwaup: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lilliwaup: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lilliwaup: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lilliwaup 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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