Best PlacesVesta, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vesta, 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.
Vesta ranks 25,911th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vesta
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.
Vesta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vesta ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Vesta ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vesta
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vesta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $71,226, 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 Vesta'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 Vesta
Vesta 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 Vesta.
Who works in Vesta, and how
Work in Vesta centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Vesta
The coast is about 31 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Vesta, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vesta, month by month
Vesta sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 43° | 38° |
| April | 58° | 49° | 41° |
| July | 70° | 61° | 54° |
| October | 62° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Vesta
Seattle-Tacoma International sits about 75 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.4 million passengers in 2025, with 172 nonstop destinations.
Vesta 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 Vesta against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vesta
Is Vesta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vesta ranks 25,911th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, clean air, and few empty homes, 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 Vesta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $453,632. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $71,226 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Vesta safe?
Yes, Vesta is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $320 per resident a year.
Compare Vesta with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vesta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vesta 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.
Vesta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vesta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vesta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vesta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vesta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vesta 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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