Best PlacesSisco Heights, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sisco Heights, 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.
Sisco Heights ranks 4,600th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sisco Heights
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.
Sisco Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Sisco Heights ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$132,178 median, better than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
Where Sisco Heights ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,516 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Short commute37.9 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sisco Heights
A household needs to earn about $194,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sisco Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $132,178, 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 Sisco Heights' effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Sisco Heights
Sisco Heights runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sisco Heights.
Who works in Sisco Heights, and how
Work in Sisco Heights centers on construction and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sisco Heights
The coast is about 17 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Sisco Heights, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sisco Heights, month by month
Sisco Heights sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 40° | 32° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 79° | 64° | 51° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Sisco Heights
The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 47 miles away.
Sisco Heights 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 Sisco Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sisco Heights
Is Sisco Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sisco Heights ranks 4,600th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, clean air, and high incomes, 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 Sisco Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $761,468. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $132,178 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Sisco Heights safe?
Yes, Sisco Heights is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $211 per resident a year.
Compare Sisco Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sisco Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sisco Heights 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.
Sisco Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sisco Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sisco Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sisco Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sisco Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sisco Heights 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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