Best PlacesWalla Walla East, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Walla Walla East, 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.
Walla Walla East ranks 3,261st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Walla Walla East
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.
Walla Walla East's strengths and weaknesses
Where Walla Walla East ranks high
- Short commute14.5 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$104,808 median, better than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
Where Walla Walla East ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,102 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Walla Walla East
A household needs to earn about $152,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Walla Walla East home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $104,808, 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 Walla Walla East's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 Walla Walla East
Walla Walla East runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Walla Walla East.
Who works in Walla Walla East, and how
Work in Walla Walla East centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Walla Walla East
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Walla Walla East.
What the weather is like in Walla Walla East, month by month
Walla Walla East sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 93° | 78° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Walla Walla East
The nearest airport, Walla Walla Regional, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 198 miles away.
Walla Walla East 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 Walla Walla East against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Walla Walla East
Is Walla Walla East a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Walla Walla East ranks 3,261st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, an educated workforce, and population health, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Walla Walla East expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $579,282. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $104,808 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Walla Walla East safe?
Yes, Walla Walla East is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $283 per resident a year.
Compare Walla Walla East with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Walla Walla East. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Walla Walla East 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.
Walla Walla East detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Walla Walla East: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Walla Walla East: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Walla Walla East: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Walla Walla East: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Walla Walla East 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.
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