Best PlacesWishram, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wishram, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wishram ranks 35,950th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wishram
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.
Wishram's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wishram ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 131 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
Where Wishram ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wishram
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wishram home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $65,000; 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 Wishram's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Wishram
Wishram runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wishram.
Who works in Wishram, and how
Work in Wishram centers on education and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Wishram
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wishram.
What the weather is like in Wishram, month by month
Wishram sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 30° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 93° | 77° | 61° |
| October | 69° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Wishram
The nearest airport, Yakima Air Trml/McAllister Field, is about 66 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 79 miles away.
Wishram 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 Wishram against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wishram
Is Wishram a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wishram ranks 35,950th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, transit, and low taxes, and lowest on childcare costs and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wishram expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $288,300. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $65,000 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Wishram safe?
Yes, Wishram is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $354 per resident a year.
Compare Wishram with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wishram. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wishram 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.
Wishram detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wishram: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wishram: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wishram: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wishram: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wishram 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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