Best PlacesProsser, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prosser, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Prosser ranks 17,353rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Prosser
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.
Prosser's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prosser ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 164 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
Where Prosser ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,103 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prosser
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prosser home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $80,338, 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 Prosser's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 Prosser
Prosser runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Prosser.
Who works in Prosser, and how
Work in Prosser centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Prosser
Prosser has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Prosser and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Prosser, month by month
Prosser sees roughly 164 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 35° | 29° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 97° | 80° | 62° |
| October | 69° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Prosser
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 142 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prosser
Schools across Prosser average a D, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sam Boardman Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverside Junior/senior High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prosser school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prosser 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 Prosser against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prosser
Is Prosser a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prosser ranks 17,353rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, the weather, and transit, and lowest on thin health care access and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prosser expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $402,075. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $80,338 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Prosser safe?
Prosser is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $430 per resident a year.
Compare Prosser with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prosser. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prosser 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.
Prosser detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prosser: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prosser: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prosser: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prosser: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prosser 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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