Best PlacesSeaview, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seaview, 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.
Seaview ranks 21,967th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Seaview
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.
Seaview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Seaview ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute13.7 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
Where Seaview ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Seaview
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seaview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $61,335, 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 Seaview's effective rate of 0.63%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Seaview
Seaview runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Seaview.
Who works in Seaview, and how
Work in Seaview centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Seaview
The coast is about 2 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Seaview, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Seaview, month by month
Seaview sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 44° | 37° |
| April | 59° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 70° | 61° | 53° |
| October | 63° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Seaview
Portland International sits about 86 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
Seaview 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 Seaview against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Seaview
Is Seaview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seaview ranks 21,967th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, short commutes, and walkability, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Seaview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $287,173. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $61,335 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Seaview safe?
Seaview is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $648 per resident a year.
Compare Seaview with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seaview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seaview 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.
Seaview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seaview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seaview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seaview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seaview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seaview 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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