Best PlacesParkland, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Parkland, 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.
Parkland ranks 1,808th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Parkland
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.
Parkland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Parkland ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 83% of cities
- TransitBetter than 79% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 70% of cities
Where Parkland ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 11% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Parkland
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Parkland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,673, 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 Parkland's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 Parkland
Parkland runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Parkland.
Who works in Parkland, and how
Work in Parkland centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Parkland
Parkland has more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. The coast is about 12 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Parkland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Parkland, month by month
Parkland sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 40° | 32° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 81° | 67° | 51° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Parkland
Seattle-Tacoma International sits about 22 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.4 million passengers in 2025, with 172 nonstop destinations.
Parkland 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 Parkland against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Parkland suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Parkland
Is Parkland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Parkland ranks 1,808th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on clean air, low taxes, and transit, and lowest on crime and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Parkland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $407,865. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $75,673 median income, cost of living beats 11% of cities.
Is Parkland safe?
Parkland is safer than 8% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $716 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Parkland?
July highs average about 81 degrees, and January highs near 49 with lows near 32. That works out to about 80 pleasant days a year, more than 44% of cities.
Is Parkland good for families?
Schools beat 12% of cities, crime safety beats 8%, and childcare runs $1,327 a month.
Compare Parkland with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Parkland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Parkland 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.
Parkland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Parkland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Parkland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Parkland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Parkland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Parkland 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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