Best PlacesSeattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs ranks 106th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs
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.
Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Household income$170,056 median, better than 95% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
Where Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Short commute34.0 minutes each way, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,516 a month, better than only 19% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs
A household needs to earn about $232,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $170,056, 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 Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs' effective rate of 0.77%, 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 Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs
Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs.
Who works in Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs, and how
Work in Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs
Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs has more parkland per resident than 70% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 14 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs, month by month
Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs sees roughly 134 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 42° | 36° |
| April | 59° | 50° | 42° |
| July | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| October | 60° | 52° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs
The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 29 miles away.
Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs 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 Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs
Is Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs ranks 106th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on few empty homes, clean air, and low crime, and lowest on state infrastructure and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $892,488. The overall cost of living runs about 21% above the national average. Set against a $170,056 median income, cost of living beats 94% of neighborhoods.
Is Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs safe?
Yes, Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs is safer than 96% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $278 per resident a year.
Compare Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs 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.
Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seattle Hill-Silver Firs, Silver Firs 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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