Best PlacesTulalip, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tulalip, 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.
Tulalip ranks 12,156th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tulalip
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.
Tulalip's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tulalip ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$114,840 median, better than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
Where Tulalip ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,516 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Short commute36.2 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tulalip
A household needs to earn about $154,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tulalip home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $114,840, 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 Tulalip's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Tulalip
Tulalip 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 Tulalip.
Who works in Tulalip, and how
Work in Tulalip centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Tulalip
The coast is about 2 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Tulalip, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tulalip, month by month
Tulalip 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 Tulalip
The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 44 miles away.
Tulalip 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 Tulalip against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tulalip
Is Tulalip a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tulalip ranks 12,156th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, tree cover, and high incomes, and lowest on internet speeds and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tulalip expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $604,409. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $114,840 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Tulalip safe?
Yes, Tulalip is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $244 per resident a year.
Compare Tulalip with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tulalip. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tulalip 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.
Tulalip detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tulalip: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tulalip: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tulalip: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tulalip: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tulalip 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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