Best PlacesSilver Firs, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around 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.
Silver Firs ranks 188th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 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.
Silver Firs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Silver Firs ranks high
- Household income$174,686 median, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
Where Silver Firs ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,516 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Silver Firs
A household needs to earn about $239,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Silver Firs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $174,686, 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 Silver Firs' effective rate of 0.81%, 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 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 Silver Firs.
Who works in Silver Firs, and how
Work in Silver Firs centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Silver Firs
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Silver Firs, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Silver Firs, month by month
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 Silver Firs
The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 30 miles away.
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 Silver Firs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Silver Firs
Is Silver Firs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Silver Firs ranks 188th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, transit, and biking, and lowest on childcare costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Silver Firs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $912,093. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $174,686 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Silver Firs safe?
Yes, Silver Firs is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $247 per resident a year.
Compare Silver Firs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Silver Firs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 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.
Silver Firs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Silver Firs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Silver Firs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Silver Firs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Silver Firs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
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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