Best PlacesWahkiacus, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wahkiacus, 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.
Wahkiacus ranks 38,134th 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 Wahkiacus
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.
Wahkiacus' strengths and weaknesses
Where Wahkiacus ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 126 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 75% of towns
Where Wahkiacus ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wahkiacus
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wahkiacus home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $70,341, 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 Wahkiacus' 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 Wahkiacus
Wahkiacus runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wahkiacus.
Who works in Wahkiacus, and how
Work in Wahkiacus centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Wahkiacus
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wahkiacus.
What the weather is like in Wahkiacus, month by month
Wahkiacus sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 30° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 93° | 77° | 61° |
| October | 69° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Wahkiacus
The nearest airport, Yakima Air Trml/McAllister Field, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 78 miles away.
Wahkiacus 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 Wahkiacus against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wahkiacus
Is Wahkiacus a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wahkiacus ranks 38,134th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on internet speeds and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wahkiacus expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $409,668. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $70,341 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Wahkiacus safe?
Wahkiacus is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $501 per resident a year.
Compare Wahkiacus with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wahkiacus. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wahkiacus 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.
Wahkiacus detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wahkiacus: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wahkiacus: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wahkiacus: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wahkiacus: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wahkiacus 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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