Best PlacesSnohomish, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Snohomish, 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.
Snohomish ranks 356th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Snohomish
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.
Snohomish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Snohomish ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of cities
- QuietBetter than 94% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 93% of cities
- Household income$149,122 median, better than 91% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of cities
Where Snohomish ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of cities
- Short commute34.5 minutes each way, better than only 7% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,516 a month, better than only 13% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Snohomish
A household needs to earn about $212,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Snohomish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $149,122, 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 Snohomish's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Snohomish
Snohomish runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Snohomish.
Who works in Snohomish, and how
Work in Snohomish centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Snohomish
Snohomish has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of cities. The coast is about 17 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Snohomish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Snohomish, month by month
Snohomish 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 Snohomish
The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 34 miles away.
Snohomish 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 Snohomish against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Snohomish suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 81% of cities and 19% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Snohomish
Is Snohomish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Snohomish ranks 356th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on clean air, quiet, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Snohomish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $814,421. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $149,122 median income, cost of living beats 81% of cities.
Is Snohomish safe?
Yes, Snohomish is safer than 90% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Snohomish?
July highs average about 76 degrees, and January highs near 48 with lows near 36. That works out to about 134 pleasant days a year, more than 77% of cities.
Is Snohomish good for families?
Schools beat 68% of cities, crime safety beats 90%, and childcare runs $1,516 a month.
Compare Snohomish with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Snohomish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Snohomish 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.
Snohomish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Snohomish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Snohomish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Snohomish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Snohomish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Snohomish 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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