Best PlacesVancouver Heights, Vancouver, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vancouver Heights, Vancouver, 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.
Vancouver Heights, Vancouver ranks 3,338th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vancouver Heights, Vancouver
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.
Vancouver Heights, Vancouver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vancouver Heights, Vancouver ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
Where Vancouver Heights, Vancouver ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD+, better than only 24% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Vancouver Heights, Vancouver
A household needs to earn about $129,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vancouver Heights, Vancouver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,147, 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 Vancouver Heights, Vancouver's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 Vancouver Heights, Vancouver
Vancouver Heights, Vancouver runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vancouver Heights, Vancouver.
Who works in Vancouver Heights, Vancouver, and how
Work in Vancouver Heights, Vancouver centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Vancouver Heights, Vancouver
Vancouver Heights, Vancouver has more parkland per resident than 86% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Vancouver Heights, Vancouver and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vancouver Heights, Vancouver, month by month
Vancouver Heights, Vancouver sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 42° | 36° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Vancouver Heights, Vancouver
Portland International sits about 2 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
Vancouver Heights, Vancouver 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 Vancouver Heights, Vancouver against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Vancouver Heights, Vancouver
Is Vancouver Heights, Vancouver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vancouver Heights, Vancouver ranks 3,338th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on clean air, a stable housing market, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on state infrastructure and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vancouver Heights, Vancouver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $497,385. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $76,147 median income, cost of living beats 38% of neighborhoods.
Is Vancouver Heights, Vancouver safe?
Yes, Vancouver Heights, Vancouver is safer than 72% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $454 per resident a year.
Compare Vancouver Heights, Vancouver with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vancouver Heights, Vancouver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vancouver Heights, Vancouver 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.
Vancouver Heights, Vancouver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vancouver Heights, Vancouver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vancouver Heights, Vancouver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vancouver Heights, Vancouver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vancouver Heights, Vancouver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vancouver Heights, Vancouver 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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