Best PlacesPort Hadlock-Irondale, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Port Hadlock-Irondale, 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.
Port Hadlock-Irondale ranks 8,596th 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 Port Hadlock-Irondale
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.
Port Hadlock-Irondale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Port Hadlock-Irondale ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute18.8 minutes each way, better than 91% of towns
Where Port Hadlock-Irondale ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Port Hadlock-Irondale
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Port Hadlock-Irondale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $83,915, 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 Port Hadlock-Irondale's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Port Hadlock-Irondale
Port Hadlock-Irondale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Port Hadlock-Irondale.
Who works in Port Hadlock-Irondale, and how
Work in Port Hadlock-Irondale centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Port Hadlock-Irondale
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Port Hadlock-Irondale, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Port Hadlock-Irondale, month by month
Port Hadlock-Irondale sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 69 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 43° | 36° |
| April | 58° | 50° | 42° |
| July | 69° | 60° | 53° |
| October | 61° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Port Hadlock-Irondale
The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 46 miles away.
Port Hadlock-Irondale 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 Port Hadlock-Irondale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Port Hadlock-Irondale
Is Port Hadlock-Irondale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Port Hadlock-Irondale ranks 8,596th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, civic engagement, and transit, 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 Port Hadlock-Irondale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $377,065. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $83,915 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Port Hadlock-Irondale safe?
Port Hadlock-Irondale is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $402 per resident a year.
Compare Port Hadlock-Irondale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Port Hadlock-Irondale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Port Hadlock-Irondale 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.
Port Hadlock-Irondale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Port Hadlock-Irondale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Port Hadlock-Irondale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Port Hadlock-Irondale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Port Hadlock-Irondale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Port Hadlock-Irondale 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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