Best PlacesMoses Lake North, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moses Lake North, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Moses Lake North ranks 14,596th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Moses Lake North
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.
Moses Lake North's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moses Lake North ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 159 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 80% of towns
Where Moses Lake North ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,077 a month, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Moses Lake North
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moses Lake North home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $84,005, 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 Moses Lake North's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Moses Lake North
Moses Lake North runs younger than the country, 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 Moses Lake North.
Who works in Moses Lake North, and how
Work in Moses Lake North centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Moses Lake North
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Moses Lake North.
What the weather is like in Moses Lake North, month by month
Moses Lake North sees roughly 159 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 52° | 36° |
| July | 93° | 77° | 57° |
| October | 66° | 51° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Moses Lake North
The nearest airport, Pangborn Memorial, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 140 miles away.
Moses Lake North 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 Moses Lake North against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Moses Lake North
Is Moses Lake North a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moses Lake North ranks 14,596th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, the weather, and transit, and lowest on state infrastructure and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Moses Lake North expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $420,318. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $84,005 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Moses Lake North safe?
Yes, Moses Lake North is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $340 per resident a year.
Compare Moses Lake North with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moses Lake North. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moses Lake North 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.
Moses Lake North detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moses Lake North: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moses Lake North: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moses Lake North: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moses Lake North: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moses Lake North 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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