Best PlacesSunday Lake, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sunday Lake, 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.
Sunday Lake ranks 11,475th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sunday Lake
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.
Sunday Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sunday Lake ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
Where Sunday Lake ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,516 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sunday Lake
A household needs to earn about $187,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sunday Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $102,083, 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 Sunday Lake's effective rate of 0.72%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Sunday Lake
Sunday Lake runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sunday Lake.
Who works in Sunday Lake, and how
Work in Sunday Lake centers on construction and admin & support services. Unemployment runs well above 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 Sunday Lake
The coast is about 19 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Sunday Lake, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sunday Lake, month by month
Sunday Lake sees roughly 110 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 Sunday Lake
The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 54 miles away.
Sunday Lake 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 Sunday Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sunday Lake
Is Sunday Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sunday Lake ranks 11,475th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, fast internet, and low crime, 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 Sunday Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $721,600. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $102,083 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Sunday Lake safe?
Yes, Sunday Lake is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $214 per resident a year.
Compare Sunday Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sunday Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sunday Lake 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.
Sunday Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sunday Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sunday Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sunday Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sunday Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sunday Lake 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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