Best PlacesNavy Yard City, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Navy Yard City, 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.
Navy Yard City ranks 19,776th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Navy Yard City
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.
Navy Yard City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Navy Yard City ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
Where Navy Yard City ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,327 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Short commute34.6 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Navy Yard City
A household needs to earn about $128,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Navy Yard City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,039, 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 Navy Yard City's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 Navy Yard City
Navy Yard City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Navy Yard City.
Who works in Navy Yard City, and how
Work in Navy Yard City centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Navy Yard City
The coast is about 19 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Navy Yard City, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Navy Yard City, month by month
Navy Yard City sees roughly 99 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 Navy Yard City
The nearest airport, Boeing Field/King County International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 20 miles away.
Navy Yard City 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 Navy Yard City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Navy Yard City
Is Navy Yard City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Navy Yard City ranks 19,776th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, few empty homes, and cell coverage, 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 Navy Yard City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $495,900. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $72,039 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Navy Yard City safe?
Yes, Navy Yard City is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $292 per resident a year.
Compare Navy Yard City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Navy Yard City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Navy Yard City 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.
Navy Yard City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Navy Yard City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Navy Yard City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Navy Yard City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Navy Yard City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Navy Yard City 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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