Best PlacesWoodinville, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodinville, 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.
Woodinville ranks 962nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Woodinville
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.
Woodinville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodinville ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$171,102 median, better than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
Where Woodinville ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,897 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodinville
A household needs to earn about $265,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodinville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $171,102, 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 Woodinville's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Woodinville
Woodinville'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 Woodinville.
Who works in Woodinville, and how
Work in Woodinville centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Woodinville
Woodinville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns and more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. The coast is about 16 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Woodinville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woodinville, month by month
Woodinville sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 42° | 36° |
| April | 59° | 50° | 42° |
| July | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| October | 60° | 52° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Woodinville
The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 23 miles away.
Woodinville 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 Woodinville against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Woodinville suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 93% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 33% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Woodinville
Is Woodinville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodinville ranks 962nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, high incomes, and biking, and lowest on childcare costs 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 Woodinville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,013,569. The overall cost of living runs about 38% above the national average. Set against a $171,102 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Woodinville safe?
Woodinville is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $518 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Woodinville?
July highs average about 76 degrees, and January highs near 48 with lows near 36. That works out to about 137 pleasant days a year, more than 88% of towns.
Is Woodinville good for families?
Schools beat 82% of towns, crime safety beats 31%, and childcare runs $1,897 a month.
Compare Woodinville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodinville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodinville 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.
Woodinville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodinville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodinville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodinville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodinville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodinville 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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