Best PlacesWilbur, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilbur, 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.
Wilbur ranks 28,491st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wilbur
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.
Wilbur's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilbur ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 154 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
Where Wilbur ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,077 a month, better than only 20% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilbur
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilbur home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $62,001; 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 Wilbur's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Wilbur
Wilbur 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 Wilbur.
Who works in Wilbur, and how
Work in Wilbur centers on education and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wilbur
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilbur.
What the weather is like in Wilbur, month by month
Wilbur sees roughly 154 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 52° | 36° |
| July | 93° | 77° | 57° |
| October | 66° | 51° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Wilbur
The nearest airport, Spokane International, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 169 miles away.
Wilbur 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 Wilbur against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilbur
Is Wilbur a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilbur ranks 28,491st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, transit, and low taxes, and lowest on tree cover and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wilbur expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,955. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $62,001 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Wilbur safe?
Wilbur is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $442 per resident a year.
Compare Wilbur with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilbur. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilbur 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.
Wilbur detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilbur: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilbur: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilbur: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilbur: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilbur 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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