Best PlacesSilver Beach, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Silver Beach, 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.
Silver Beach ranks 4,706th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Silver Beach
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.
Silver Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Silver Beach ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
Where Silver Beach ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,516 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Silver Beach
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Silver Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $111,071, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Silver Beach's effective rate of 0.71%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Silver Beach
Silver Beach runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Silver Beach.
Who works in Silver Beach, and how
Work in Silver Beach centers on admin & support services and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Silver Beach
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Silver Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Silver Beach, month by month
Silver Beach sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 40° | 33° |
| April | 60° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 76° | 65° | 54° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Silver Beach
The nearest airport, Bellingham International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 88 miles away.
Silver Beach 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 Silver Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Silver Beach
Is Silver Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Silver Beach ranks 4,706th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, biking, and transit, and lowest on tree cover and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Silver Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $377,700. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $111,071 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Silver Beach safe?
Yes, Silver Beach is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
Compare Silver Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Silver Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Silver Beach 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.
Silver Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Silver Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Silver Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Silver Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Silver Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Silver Beach 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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