Cost of living in Parkland

Composed in-house · four inputs · 14% of the overall score

73/100
10th of 59

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The four inputs

Housing cost index78

Seattle 10045% · scores 94

Effective property tax rate0.83%

Seattle 0.77%25% · scores 78

Utilities111

Seattle 10020% · scores 49

Local sales tax9.60%

Seattle median 10.30%10% · scores 8

Vertical rule marks the Seattle reference. Composed in-house · ACS 2020–24. Every scale is on the methodology page.

Best Seattle suburbs for cost of living

All 59 ranked, Parkland highlighted

1EverettB+$565,300 2SeaTacB$519,700 3LakewoodB$461,200 4LynnwoodB$686,900 5Lake StickneyB$620,300 6Federal WayB$552,800 7PuyallupB$551,800 8Mountlake TerraceB$667,300 9ArlingtonB$538,800 10ParklandB$423,000 11CovingtonB−$637,300 12EdmondsB−$890,100 13SpanawayB−$445,700 14AuburnB−$547,900 15Des MoinesB−$597,000 16University PlaceB−$624,800 17TacomaB−$479,600 18Mill CreekB−$903,800 19RentonB−$672,600 20White CenterB−$645,200 21MonroeB−$668,400 22KenmoreB−$920,800 23North LynnwoodB−$616,400 24KentC+$587,800 25MukilteoC+$884,900 26SeattleC+$938,600 27Bryn Mawr-SkywayC+$655,200 28BurienC+$638,800 29GrahamC+$516,700 30MarysvilleC+$567,900 31Mercer IslandC+$2,000,000+32Elk PlainC+$473,500 33Lakeland NorthC+$557,000 34Silver FirsC+$859,900 35Bothell WestC+$824,900 36South HillC+$543,600 37RedmondC+$1,167,800 38Bonney LakeC+$607,900 39ArtondaleC+$734,400 40FairwoodC+$733,200 41FredericksonC$477,400 42Maple ValleyC$724,700 43TukwilaC$489,000 44Lake StevensC$635,600 45WoodinvilleC$1,100,100 46BothellC$925,100 47IssaquahC$963,000 48Bothell EastC$1,131,600 49KirklandC$1,115,400 50EastmontC$784,000 51ShorelineC$811,100 52Martha LakeC$785,400 53Mill Creek EastC−$905,400 54BellevueC−$1,340,300 55SnoqualmieC−$977,200 56Lake Forest ParkC−$953,200 57Union Hill-Novelty HillD+$1,218,500 58Cottage LakeD+$1,230,700 59SammamishD$1,407,300

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Better than Parkland on cost of living

Parkland grades B on cost of living. Four suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.

SuburbCost of livingMedian home valueEff. tax rateOverall

SeaTac22 mi from ParklandB$520k0.89% 50 D+ Lakewood5 mi from ParklandB$461k0.85% 49 D+ Federal Way13 mi from ParklandB$553k0.82% 53 C− Puyallup7 mi from ParklandB$552k0.87% 56 C−

Cost-of-living index composed in-house from housing cost, utilities, effective property tax and local sales tax · Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Effective property tax: ACS 2020–24

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