Everything else equal, we can all agree that living in a cheaper place is better than living in a more expensive place.
I’d much rather pay $500/mo in rent than $1,000. And I’d rather pay $2 for coffee than $5.
And while every neighborhood in Vancouver might be more expensive than living in rural Washington, there are certain neighborhoods that are definitely cheaper.
What exactly are those Vancouver neighborhoods where your dollar goes a little further — you can get that one bedroom instead of the studio?
Instead of relying on public opinion and speculation, we wanted to get the facts straight and determine which neighborhoods in Vancouver are the cheapest using Saturday Night Science.
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Methodology: How we determined the cheapest Vancouver hoods in 2026
To rank the cheapest places to live in Vancouver, we had to determine what criteria define “cheap” and then apply Saturday Night Science.
Using Census and extrapolated BLS data, we arrived at the following set of criteria:
- Overall Cost Of Living
- Rent To Income Ratio
- Median Home Value To Income Ratio
We then ranked each neighborhood with scores from 1 to 60 in each category, where 1 was the cheapest.
Next, we averaged the rankings for each neighborhood to create a cheap neighborhood index.
And finally, we crowned the neighborhood with the lowest cheapest neighborhood index, the “Cheapest City Neighborhood In Vancouver.” We’re lookin’ at you, Northwood.
We updated this article for 2026. Skip to the end to see the list of all the neighborhoods in the city, from cheapest to most expensive.
The full plate
Detailed list of the cheapest neighborhoods to live in Vancouver for 2026
Click any column to sort. Search by neighborhood name.
| Rank | Neighborhood | Cost Of Living Index |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwood | 123 |
| 2 | Bagley Downs | 118 |
| 3 | Airport Green | 126 |
| 3 | Rose Village | 113 |
| 5 | Northwest | 125 |
| 6 | Vancouver Heights | 120 |
| 7 | Fruit Valley | 110 |
| 8 | Parkway East | 128 |
| 9 | Marrion | 119 |
| 9 | Forest Ridge | 119 |
| 11 | North Image | 115 |
| 12 | Bella Vista | 128 |
| 13 | Northcrest | 128 |
| 14 | Lincoln | 126 |
| 15 | Parkside | 127 |
| 16 | Carter Park | 125 |
| 17 | North Hearthwood | 135 |
| 18 | Kevanna Park | 117 |
| 19 | Landover Sharmel | 121 |
| 20 | Wildwood | 137 |
| 21 | Shumway | 124 |
| 21 | Fourth Plain Village | 113 |
| 21 | Image | 123 |
| 24 | West Minnehaha | 122 |
| 25 | Ellsworth Springs | 118 |
| 26 | Central Park | 124 |
| 27 | Fishers Landing East | 133 |
| 28 | Evergreen Highlands | 134 |
| 29 | North Garrison Heights | 120 |
| 30 | Fishers Creek | 145 |
| 31 | Ogden | 117 |
| 32 | Oakbrook | 124 |
| 33 | Riveridge | 134 |
| 34 | Father Blanchet Park | 143 |
| 35 | Burnt Bridge Creek | 124 |
| 36 | Cimarron | 128 |
| 36 | Burton Evergreen | 128 |
| 38 | Fircrest | 120 |
| 38 | Hamey Heights | 122 |
| 40 | Meadow Homes | 118 |
| 41 | Edgewood Park | 132 |
| 42 | Old Evergreen Highway | 154 |
| 43 | Hough | 121 |
| 44 | Countryside Woods | 128 |
| 45 | First Place | 145 |
| 45 | Van Mall | 122 |
| 47 | Hearthwood | 125 |
| 48 | South Cliff | 140 |
| 48 | Dubois Park | 140 |
| 50 | Burton Ridge | 128 |
| 51 | Columbia Way | 127 |
| 52 | Hudsons Bay | 125 |
| 53 | Riverview | 145 |
| 54 | Mountain View | 121 |
| 54 | Esther Short | 121 |
| 56 | Cascade Highlands | 129 |
| 56 | Arnada | 129 |
| 58 | Village At Fishers Landing | 149 |
| 59 | Bennington | 138 |
| 60 | Fairway 164th | 136 |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. All 60 Vancouver neighborhoods.
Summary
Summary: Lowest cost places to live in Vancouver
If you’re measuring the neighborhoods in Vancouver where prices are low, and it’s cheap to live, this is an accurate list.
The most affordable neighborhoods in Vancouver are Northwood, Bagley Downs, Airport Green, Rose Village, Northwest, Vancouver Heights, Fruit Valley, Parkway East, Marrion, and Forest Ridge.
As mentioned earlier, the neighborhoods in Vancouver aren’t all cheap. Fairway 164th takes the title of the most expensive neighborhood to live in Vancouver.
We ranked the neighborhoods from cheapest to most expensive in the chart below. Not sold on Washington? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Cheapest Neighborhoods In Vancouver FAQs
What is the cheapest neighborhood in Vancouver?
Northwood is the cheapest neighborhood in Vancouver for 2026. It posts the best combination of overall cost of living, rent against income, and home prices against income. Bagley Downs and Airport Green are next.
What are the cheapest neighborhoods in Vancouver?
The cheapest neighborhoods in Vancouver are Northwood, Bagley Downs, Airport Green, Rose Village, Northwest, Vancouver Heights, Fruit Valley, Parkway East, Marrion, and Forest Ridge. We ranked all 60 neighborhoods in the city.
How do you decide which neighborhoods are cheapest?
Three measures: an overall cost of living index, rent-to-income, and home-value-to-income, all from Census tract data. Scoring costs against local incomes keeps one luxury tower from skewing the math.
Is a cheap neighborhood a bad neighborhood?
Not necessarily — this ranking measures what things cost relative to income, nothing else. Check our safest neighborhoods in Vancouver ranking before you sign a lease, because cheap and safe are separate questions.
What is the most expensive neighborhood in Vancouver?
Fairway 164th lands at the expensive end of the 60 neighborhoods we scored. If your budget disagrees with it, the rest of the list runs cheaper.
