Best PlacesSnug Harbor, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Snug Harbor, 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.
Snug Harbor ranks 21,009th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Snug Harbor
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.
Snug Harbor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Snug Harbor ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Snug Harbor ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,516 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Short commute34.0 minutes each way, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Snug Harbor
A household needs to earn about $147,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Snug Harbor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $83,032, 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 Snug Harbor's effective rate of 0.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Snug Harbor
Snug Harbor 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 Snug Harbor.
Who works in Snug Harbor, and how
Work in Snug Harbor centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 53%
- Work from home 41%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Snug Harbor
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Snug Harbor, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Snug Harbor, month by month
Snug Harbor sees roughly 113 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 Snug Harbor
The nearest airport, Bellingham International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 86 miles away.
Snug Harbor 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 Snug Harbor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Snug Harbor
Is Snug Harbor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Snug Harbor ranks 21,009th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, quiet, and an educated workforce, and lowest on childcare costs and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Snug Harbor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $580,192. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $83,032 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Snug Harbor safe?
Snug Harbor is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $607 per resident a year.
Compare Snug Harbor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Snug Harbor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Snug Harbor 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.
Snug Harbor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Snug Harbor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Snug Harbor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Snug Harbor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Snug Harbor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Snug Harbor 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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