Best PlacesTwisp, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Twisp, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Twisp ranks 17,119th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Twisp
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.
Twisp's strengths and weaknesses
Where Twisp ranks high
- Short commute15.9 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
Where Twisp ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,077 a month, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Twisp
A household needs to earn about $130,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Twisp home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,133, 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 Twisp's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Twisp
Twisp 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 Twisp.
Who works in Twisp, and how
Work in Twisp centers on hospitality & food and construction. 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 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Twisp
Twisp has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Twisp and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Twisp, month by month
Twisp sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 35° |
| July | 94° | 77° | 58° |
| October | 64° | 50° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Twisp
The nearest airport, Pangborn Memorial, is about 67 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 120 miles away.
Twisp 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 Twisp against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Twisp
Is Twisp a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Twisp ranks 17,119th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, walkability, and clean air, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Twisp expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $511,067. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $72,133 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Twisp safe?
Twisp is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $385 per resident a year.
Compare Twisp with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Twisp. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Twisp 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.
Twisp detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Twisp: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Twisp: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Twisp: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Twisp: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Twisp 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.