Best PlacesRimrock, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rimrock, 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.
Rimrock ranks 34,039th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rimrock
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.
Rimrock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rimrock ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 145 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 77% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 66% of towns
Where Rimrock ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute39.1 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rimrock
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rimrock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $81,019, 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 Rimrock's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Rimrock
Rimrock's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rimrock.
Who works in Rimrock, and how
Work in Rimrock centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Rimrock
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rimrock.
What the weather is like in Rimrock, month by month
Rimrock sees roughly 145 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 52° | 35° |
| July | 94° | 77° | 55° |
| October | 67° | 50° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Rimrock
The nearest airport, Yakima Air Trml/McAllister Field, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 81 miles away.
Rimrock 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 Rimrock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rimrock
Is Rimrock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rimrock ranks 34,039th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and quiet, and lowest on cell coverage and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rimrock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $362,359. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $81,019 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Rimrock safe?
Rimrock is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $485 per resident a year.
Compare Rimrock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rimrock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rimrock 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.
Rimrock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rimrock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rimrock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rimrock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rimrock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rimrock 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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