Best PlacesNisqually Indian Community, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nisqually Indian Community, 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.
Nisqually Indian Community ranks 16,208th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Nisqually Indian Community
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.
Nisqually Indian Community's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nisqually Indian Community ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- BikingBetter than 83% of towns
Where Nisqually Indian Community ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nisqually Indian Community
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nisqually Indian Community home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,583, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Nisqually Indian Community's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Nisqually Indian Community
Nisqually Indian Community runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Nisqually Indian Community.
Who works in Nisqually Indian Community, and how
Work in Nisqually Indian Community centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Nisqually Indian Community
The coast is about 29 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Nisqually Indian Community, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Nisqually Indian Community, month by month
Nisqually Indian Community sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 40° | 33° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 81° | 67° | 52° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Nisqually Indian Community
Seattle-Tacoma International sits about 34 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.4 million passengers in 2025, with 172 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Nisqually Indian Community
Schools across Nisqually Indian Community average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Lakeridge Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nisqually Indian Community school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nisqually Indian Community 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 Nisqually Indian Community against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nisqually Indian Community
Is Nisqually Indian Community a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nisqually Indian Community ranks 16,208th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, transit, and low taxes, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Nisqually Indian Community expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,000. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $84,583 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Nisqually Indian Community safe?
Yes, Nisqually Indian Community is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $277 per resident a year.
Compare Nisqually Indian Community with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nisqually Indian Community. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nisqually Indian Community 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.
Nisqually Indian Community detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nisqually Indian Community: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nisqually Indian Community: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nisqually Indian Community: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nisqually Indian Community: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nisqually Indian Community 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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