Best PlacesPinkney City, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pinkney City, 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.
Pinkney City ranks 17,009th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on quiet, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pinkney 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.
Pinkney City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pinkney City ranks high
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 77% of towns
- Short commute22.7 minutes each way, better than 76% of towns
- Household income$86,856 median, better than 73% of towns
Where Pinkney City ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,077 a month, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pinkney City
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pinkney City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,856, 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 Pinkney City's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Pinkney City
Pinkney City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pinkney City.
Who works in Pinkney City, and how
Work in Pinkney City centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pinkney City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pinkney City.
What the weather is like in Pinkney City, month by month
Pinkney City sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 46° | 31° |
| July | 89° | 70° | 48° |
| October | 61° | 45° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Pinkney City
The nearest airport, Spokane International, is about 68 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 220 miles away.
Pinkney 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 Pinkney City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pinkney City
Is Pinkney City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pinkney City ranks 17,009th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low taxes, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on distance from a big city and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pinkney City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $326,171. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $86,856 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Pinkney City safe?
Yes, Pinkney City is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $361 per resident a year.
Compare Pinkney City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pinkney City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pinkney 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.
Pinkney City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pinkney City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pinkney City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pinkney City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pinkney City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pinkney 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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