Best PlacesSouth Forest Park, Everett, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around South Forest Park, Everett, 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.
South Forest Park, Everett ranks 2,396th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in South Forest Park, Everett
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.
South Forest Park, Everett's strengths and weaknesses
Where South Forest Park, Everett ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
Where South Forest Park, Everett ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,516 a month, better than only 19% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 23% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 27% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in South Forest Park, Everett
A household needs to earn about $164,000 a year to comfortably buy the median South Forest Park, Everett home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $89,682, 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 South Forest Park, Everett's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 South Forest Park, Everett
South Forest Park, Everett 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 South Forest Park, Everett.
Who works in South Forest Park, Everett, and how
Work in South Forest Park, Everett centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in South Forest Park, Everett
South Forest Park, Everett has more parkland per resident than 96% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 4 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of South Forest Park, Everett and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in South Forest Park, Everett, month by month
South Forest Park, Everett sees roughly 135 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 South Forest Park, Everett
The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 35 miles away.
South Forest Park, Everett 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 South Forest Park, Everett against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in South Forest Park, Everett
Is South Forest Park, Everett a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, South Forest Park, Everett ranks 2,396th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on clean air, tree cover, and fast internet, and lowest on a weak job market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is South Forest Park, Everett expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $633,996. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $89,682 median income, cost of living beats 50% of neighborhoods.
Is South Forest Park, Everett safe?
Yes, South Forest Park, Everett is safer than 56% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $621 per resident a year.
Compare South Forest Park, Everett with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to South Forest Park, Everett. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in South Forest Park, Everett 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.
South Forest Park, Everett detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for South Forest Park, Everett: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in South Forest Park, Everett: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of South Forest Park, Everett: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in South Forest Park, Everett: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
South Forest Park, Everett 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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