Best PlacesTerrace Heights, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Terrace Heights, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Terrace Heights ranks 5,718th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Terrace 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.
Terrace Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Terrace Heights ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 156 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Short commute19.6 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
Where Terrace Heights ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,102 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Terrace Heights
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Terrace Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $83,572; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Terrace Heights' effective rate of 0.91%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Terrace Heights
Terrace Heights runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Terrace Heights.
Who works in Terrace Heights, and how
Work in Terrace Heights centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Terrace Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Terrace Heights.
What the weather is like in Terrace Heights, month by month
Terrace Heights sees roughly 156 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 52° | 35° |
| July | 94° | 77° | 55° |
| October | 67° | 50° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Terrace Heights
The nearest airport, Yakima Air Trml/McAllister Field, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 106 miles away.
Terrace 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 Terrace Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Terrace Heights
Is Terrace Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Terrace Heights ranks 5,718th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, the weather, and a strong job market, and lowest on state infrastructure and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Terrace Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $337,667. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $83,572 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Terrace Heights safe?
Yes, Terrace Heights is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $285 per resident a year.
Compare Terrace Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Terrace Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Terrace 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.
Terrace Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Terrace Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Terrace Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Terrace Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Terrace Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Terrace 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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