Best PlacesMidvale Corner, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Midvale Corner, 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.
Midvale Corner ranks 8,632nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Midvale Corner
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.
Midvale Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Midvale Corner ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
Where Midvale Corner ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,516 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Short commute30.9 minutes each way, better than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Midvale Corner
A household needs to earn about $158,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Midvale Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $85,469, 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 Midvale Corner's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Midvale Corner
Midvale Corner runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Midvale Corner.
Who works in Midvale Corner, and how
Work in Midvale Corner centers on construction and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 44%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 31%
Life in Midvale Corner
The coast is about 6 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Midvale Corner, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Midvale Corner, month by month
Midvale Corner sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 42° | 36° |
| April | 59° | 50° | 42° |
| July | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| October | 60° | 52° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Midvale Corner
The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 38 miles away.
Midvale Corner 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 Midvale Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Midvale Corner
Is Midvale Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Midvale Corner ranks 8,632nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, clean air, and health care access, and lowest on childcare costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Midvale Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $625,700. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $85,469 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Midvale Corner safe?
Yes, Midvale Corner is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $302 per resident a year.
Compare Midvale Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Midvale Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Midvale Corner 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.
Midvale Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Midvale Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Midvale Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Midvale Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Midvale Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Midvale Corner 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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