Best PlacesWildwood, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wildwood, 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.
Wildwood ranks 18,395th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wildwood
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.
Wildwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wildwood ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
Where Wildwood ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wildwood
A household needs to earn about $130,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wildwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $88,745, 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 Wildwood's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wildwood
Wildwood 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 Wildwood.
Who works in Wildwood, and how
Work in Wildwood centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Wildwood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wildwood.
What the weather is like in Wildwood, month by month
Wildwood sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 41° | 37° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 81° | 66° | 54° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Wildwood
Portland International sits about 64 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
Wildwood 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 Wildwood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wildwood
Is Wildwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wildwood ranks 18,395th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, clean air, and few empty homes, and lowest on biking and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wildwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $516,234. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $88,745 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Wildwood safe?
Yes, Wildwood is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $355 per resident a year.
Compare Wildwood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wildwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wildwood 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.
Wildwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wildwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wildwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wildwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wildwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wildwood 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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