Best PlacesWilson Creek, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilson Creek, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wilson Creek ranks 19,947th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wilson Creek
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.
Wilson Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilson Creek ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
Where Wilson Creek ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,077 a month, better than only 20% of towns
- Short commute32.3 minutes each way, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilson Creek
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilson Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,564, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Wilson Creek's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Wilson Creek
Wilson Creek's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wilson Creek.
Who works in Wilson Creek, and how
Work in Wilson Creek centers on agriculture & forestry and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Wilson Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilson Creek.
What the weather is like in Wilson Creek, month by month
Wilson Creek sees roughly 161 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 Wilson Creek
The nearest airport, Pangborn Memorial, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 149 miles away.
Wilson Creek 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 Wilson Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilson Creek
Is Wilson Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilson Creek ranks 19,947th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, the weather, and low crime, and lowest on tree cover and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wilson Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $271,227. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $71,564 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Wilson Creek safe?
Yes, Wilson Creek is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $267 per resident a year.
Compare Wilson Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilson Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilson Creek 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.
Wilson Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilson Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilson Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilson Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilson Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilson Creek 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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