The Town Files

The 14 Most Affordable Seaside Small Towns in Washington

Ranked on The Town Files lifestyle rankings among 151 towns of 2,500–10,000 people in Washington, scoring every town on all of these at once. #1 is Manchester, WA.

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Numbers match the ranking.
The 14 Most Affordable Seaside Small Towns in Washington1. Manchesterscore 932. Tracytonscore 873. Longbranchscore 874. Port Hadlock-Irondalescore 865. Belfairscore 836. Forksscore 837. Chicoscore 818. Navy Yard Cityscore 819. Port Angeles Eastscore 7710. Hoquiamscore 7711. Indianolascore 7612. Waunascore 7613. Suquamishscore 7414. Meadowdalescore 74
  1. 14Meadowdale, Washington

    Seaside character: 84th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 63rd percentile

    3,148 people · Snohomish County · median home $852,400 · income $173,902 · Jan low 37°F · 4 in snow

  2. 13Suquamish, Washington

    Seaside character: 96th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 52nd percentile

    4,266 people · Kitsap County · median home $456,100 · income $86,224 · Jan low 36°F · 4 in snow

  3. 12Wauna, Washington

    Seaside character: 89th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 63rd percentile

    4,421 people · Pierce County · median home $503,300 · income $103,250 · Jan low 36°F · 0 in snow

  4. 11Indianola, Washington

    Seaside character: 95th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 57th percentile

    3,664 people · Kitsap County · median home $503,800 · income $98,684 · Jan low 37°F · 4 in snow

  5. 10Hoquiam, Washington

    Seaside character: 83rd percentile · Home value ÷ income: 70th percentile

    8,776 people · Grays Harbor County · median home $228,200 · income $49,795 · Jan low 38°F · 1 in snow

  6. 9Port Angeles East, Washington

    Seaside character: 97th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 57th percentile

    3,159 people · Clallam County · median home $347,600 · income $68,241 · Jan low 37°F · 0 in snow

  7. 8Navy Yard City, Washington

    Seaside character: 98th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 63rd percentile

    2,759 people · Kitsap County · median home $342,600 · income $69,852 · Jan low 36°F · 3 in snow

  8. 7Chico, Washington

    Seaside character: 96th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 65th percentile

    2,723 people · Kitsap County · median home $672,600 · income $140,500 · Jan low 36°F · 3 in snow

  9. 6Forks, Washington

    Seaside character: 74th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 91st percentile

    3,335 people · Clallam County · median home $227,200 · income $60,481 · Jan low 35°F · 8 in snow

  10. 5Belfair, Washington

    Seaside character: 85th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 80th percentile

    4,279 people · Mason County · median home $380,400 · income $88,150 · Jan low 36°F · 0 in snow

  11. 4Port Hadlock-Irondale, Washington

    Seaside character: 90th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 82nd percentile

    3,983 people · Jefferson County · median home $351,600 · income $83,548 · Jan low 38°F · 1 in snow

  12. 3Longbranch, Washington

    Seaside character: 89th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 84th percentile

    4,141 people · Pierce County · median home $396,000 · income $95,768 · Jan low 36°F · 2 in snow

  13. 2Tracyton, Washington

    Seaside character: 99th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 74th percentile

    5,967 people · Kitsap County · median home $470,200 · income $103,935 · Jan low 36°F · 3 in snow

  14. 1Manchester, Washington

    Seaside character: 94th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 91st percentile

    5,714 people · Kitsap County · median home $478,200 · income $126,371 · Jan low 36°F · 3 in snow

Price vs ranking

Median home value vs ranking, Washington towns0255075100$185K$447K$708K$969K$1231KMedian home valuePercentile
Orange squares are the 14 towns on this list; green dots are other towns on The Town Files in Washington.

More Washington rankings

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Methodology. We ranked 151 towns of 2,500–10,000 people in Washington (2020 Census population; towns with 2,500+ people have pages so far). Lifestyle measures are The Town Files lifestyle rankings, built from federal demographic, school, crime and housing data (2025), shown as percentiles. The combined score is the average of the percentiles shown for each town; a town must be above the middle on every one. Only towns better than 60% of their peers on this measure qualify, so lists can be shorter than 25. Sources: