Best PlacesWenatchee Heights, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wenatchee Heights, 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.
Wenatchee Heights ranks 3,818th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wenatchee Heights
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.
Wenatchee Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Wenatchee Heights ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 174 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$129,074 median, better than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
Where Wenatchee Heights ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wenatchee Heights
A household needs to earn about $140,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wenatchee Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $129,074; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Wenatchee Heights' effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Wenatchee Heights
Wenatchee Heights runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wenatchee Heights.
Who works in Wenatchee Heights, and how
Work in Wenatchee Heights centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Wenatchee Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wenatchee Heights.
What the weather is like in Wenatchee Heights, month by month
Wenatchee Heights sees roughly 174 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 92° | 77° | 62° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Wenatchee Heights
The nearest airport, Pangborn Memorial, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 93 miles away.
Wenatchee Heights 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 Wenatchee Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wenatchee Heights
Is Wenatchee Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wenatchee Heights ranks 3,818th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, clean air, and high incomes, and lowest on disaster risk and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wenatchee Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $544,167. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $129,074 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Wenatchee Heights safe?
Yes, Wenatchee Heights is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.
Compare Wenatchee Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wenatchee Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wenatchee Heights 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.
Wenatchee Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wenatchee Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wenatchee Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wenatchee Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wenatchee Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wenatchee Heights 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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