These Are The 10 Best Suburbs In Washington For 2018

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Are you sick of being a city slicker?

Do you long for life in suburban Washington? Where you can drive your overly-large vehicle to the store for groceries, and schlep the kids around to practices and appointments without worrying about a parking space?

We do too.

Public transportation is…icky at times. When you have to call an Uber to get to urgent care on a Friday night, that gets old after a while.

So, the question is, if you wanted to move out to the suburbs of Olympia, where would you go? And how would you decide on the ranking factors to help you pick which Washington suburb was best?

No worries. We got it all figured out here.

These are the 10 best suburbs in the Evergreen State:

Mercer Island is the place to be when it comes to being a soccer mom in suburban Washington.

So if you’re thinking of packing up your mini van and making a move to a quiet place to live in Washington, we’ve got you covered.

Keep on reading for a detailed methodology. Or, check out the best places to live in Washington and the best places to raise a family in Washington.

How do you determine which suburb is the best in Washington anyways?

To give you the best suburbs in Washington, we have to look at a handful of metrics. Of course, we want to measure the type of people who live in each city, and make some assumptions about what’s a “best city” and what isn’t.

So we researched the internet for a database that contains all that information.

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How we crunched the suburb numbers for the Evergreen State

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using U.S. Census data produced for the state of Washington, we looked at every town between 5,000 and 200,000 residents, and within 30 miles of a city that’s over 200,000 people (In other words, suburbs).

We paid particular attention to:

Median Home Values
Median Income
Population Density (Higher is Better)
Unemployment Rates
Commute Time
Education Levels
Health Insurance Coverage
Poverty Rates

We ranked each suburb in Washington across a number of criteria from one to 70, with one being the best.

We then took the average rank across all criteria, with the town posting the lowest overall score being crowned the winner of the title “Best Suburb To Live In Washington”.

The result is some of the safest, quiet, and awesome places to live in Washington

Read on to see why Mercer Island is the ‘burb with the most, while Shelton is probably not the best place to live in Washington.

1. Mercer Island

Source: Wikipedia User Dllu | CC BY-SA 4.0

Population: 24,467
Median Income: $129,348
Median Home Price: $956,200
Mercer Island is located 7 miles east of Seattle.

2. Sammamish

Source: Wikipedia User Emmanuel BRUNNE | CC BY-SA 3.0

Population: 62,136
Median Income: $153,253
Median Home Price: $624,800
Sammamish is located 14 miles east of Seattle.

3. Newcastle

Source: Wikipedia User Japs 88 | CC BY-SA 3.0

Population: 11,189
Median Income: $111,955
Median Home Price: $579,600
Newcastle is located 10 miles east of Seattle.

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4. Snoqualmie

Source: Wikipedia User Max Richards | GFDL

Population: 12,510
Median Income: $131,453
Median Home Price: $471,800
Snoqualmie is located 23 miles east of Seattle.

5. Redmond

Source: Public domain

Population: 59,268
Median Income: $107,341
Median Home Price: $525,000
Redmond is located 11 miles east of Seattle.

6. Kirkland

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Population: 85,812
Median Income: $95,939
Median Home Price: $469,000
Kirkland is located 8 miles east of Seattle.

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7. Woodinville

Source: Wikipedia User FloweringHearth | GFDL

Population: 11,549
Median Income: $106,341
Median Home Price: $489,200
Woodinville is located 13 miles east of Seattle.

8. Brier

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Population: 6,530
Median Income: $105,901
Median Home Price: $372,000
Brier is located 12 miles north of Seattle.

9. Mukilteo

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Population: 20,994
Median Income: $98,823
Median Home Price: $454,300
Mukilteo is located 20 miles north of Seattle.

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10. Duvall

Source: Wikipedia User Joe Mabel | GFDL

Population: 7,534
Median Income: $125,123
Median Home Price: $402,900
Duvall is located 19 miles east of Seattle.

There You Have It – The Best Suburbs In Washington

Here’s a look at the worst suburbs in Washington according to the data:

Shelton
Airway Heights
Tukwila

For more Washington reading, check out:

Detailed List Of The Best Suburbs In Washington

City	Rank	Population	Median Income	Median Home Price
Mercer Island	1	24,467	$129,348	$956,200
Sammamish	2	62,136	$153,253	$624,800
Newcastle	3	11,189	$111,955	$579,600
Snoqualmie	4	12,510	$131,453	$471,800
Redmond	5	59,268	$107,341	$525,000
Kirkland	6	85,812	$95,939	$469,000
Woodinville	7	11,549	$106,341	$489,200
Brier	8	6,530	$105,901	$372,000
Mukilteo	9	20,994	$98,823	$454,300
Duvall	10	7,534	$125,123	$402,900
Mill Creek	11	19,372	$88,345	$411,700
Bellevue	12	136,718	$100,703	$608,500
Normandy Park	13	6,598	$89,425	$484,700
Camas	14	21,393	$94,350	$341,300
Maple Valley	15	25,093	$98,925	$312,600
Lake Forest Park	16	13,156	$96,217	$464,500
Bainbridge Island	17	23,576	$102,906	$569,700
Issaquah	18	34,728	$92,071	$477,200
Kenmore	19	21,830	$93,227	$427,700
Fircrest	20	6,660	$69,278	$282,400
Edmonds	21	41,020	$78,181	$413,000
Ridgefield	22	6,112	$88,286	$287,600
Bothell	23	43,153	$86,167	$372,700
Liberty Lake	24	8,566	$62,428	$263,000
Mountlake Terrace	25	20,747	$66,512	$274,900
Covington	26	19,172	$88,806	$271,200
Edgewood	27	9,862	$83,514	$307,800
Steilacoom	28	6,175	$67,500	$295,300
University Place	29	32,342	$60,947	$293,700
North Bend	30	6,475	$90,395	$424,100
Poulsbo	31	9,806	$60,720	$288,200
Lake Stevens	32	30,352	$79,975	$274,900
Shoreline	33	55,021	$70,398	$352,200
Milton	34	7,239	$66,744	$234,400
Dupont	35	9,224	$76,962	$310,600
Gig Harbor	36	8,307	$64,931	$347,400
Washougal	37	14,987	$70,943	$243,400
Bonney Lake	38	19,022	$85,975	$272,400
Tumwater	39	21,684	$62,050	$224,900
Battle Ground	40	18,987	$60,644	$223,000
Renton	41	98,499	$66,050	$313,500
Lacey	42	45,644	$59,624	$227,900
Orting	43	7,254	$71,981	$207,600
Snohomish	44	9,551	$56,763	$290,200
Monroe	45	17,906	$70,270	$261,600
Burien	46	50,187	$54,546	$290,500
Des Moines	47	30,904	$59,948	$266,500
Enumclaw	48	11,543	$55,644	$240,900
Pacific	49	7,042	$53,301	$211,600
Woodland	50	5,684	$62,344	$193,900
Olympia	51	49,608	$54,523	$246,100
Vancouver	52	169,982	$52,004	$217,200
Puyallup	53	39,274	$64,342	$258,800
Lynnwood	54	36,861	$53,308	$300,400
Cheney	55	11,479	$31,004	$176,100
Sumner	56	9,691	$57,303	$234,700
Spokane Valley	57	93,322	$47,567	$169,900
Kent	58	125,492	$61,033	$262,800
Federal Way	59	93,986	$58,855	$259,300
Port Orchard	60	13,265	$63,634	$256,500
Everett	61	106,580	$50,933	$242,200
Auburn	62	75,607	$60,262	$241,800
Yelm	63	8,066	$51,405	$202,500
Bremerton	64	39,388	$47,358	$178,600
Lakewood	65	59,489	$45,261	$218,600
Seatac	66	28,298	$48,487	$246,100
Fife	67	9,645	$56,871	$229,100
Tukwila	68	19,878	$48,490	$248,600
Airway Heights	69	6,523	$42,014	$150,800
Shelton	70	9,832	$38,550	$150,400