{"id":36195,"date":"2014-09-30T11:42:18","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T18:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/?p=36195"},"modified":"2014-09-30T11:42:18","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T18:42:18","slug":"best-places-in-the-northwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/best-places-in-the-northwest\/","title":{"rendered":"These Are The 10 Best Places In the Northwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Embed Gallery<\/h3>\n<p><textarea style=\"width:600px;height:100px\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/real-estate-and-more\/best-places-in-the-northwest\/\">The 10 Best Places In The Northwest<\/a> By Movoto Real Estate<\/textarea><br \/>\nThe Northwest is arguably one of the most beautiful areas in the country, if not the entire world (to residents, of course, it\u2019s a fact not an argument). But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/wa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/or\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oregon<\/a>, and Idaho aren\u2019t just perfect places for postcards\u2014they\u2019re also home to some pretty fabulous cities.<br \/>\nSo which cities are the best of the best in the northwest? Well, according to the latest analysis here at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movoto Real Estate<\/a> Blog, that honor goes to the following 10 places, starting with our winner, Bellevue. Yep, you read that correctly. Sorry, Seattle.<br \/>\n1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/bellevue-wa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bellevue, WA<\/a><br \/>\n2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/lake-oswego-or\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lake Oswego, OR<\/a><br \/>\n3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/issaquah-wa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issaquah, WA<\/a><br \/>\n4. Lewiston, ID<br \/>\n5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/kirkland-wa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirkland, WA<\/a><br \/>\n6. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/redmond-wa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redmond, WA<\/a><br \/>\n7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/corvallis-or\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corvallis, OR<\/a><br \/>\n8. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/beaverton-or\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beaverton, OR<\/a><br \/>\n9. Meridian, ID<br \/>\n10. Twin Falls, ID<br \/>\nWhat exactly makes Bellevue the belle of Washington? And why Lake Oswego as opposed to, say, Portland? Well, we didn\u2019t just pick these places off of a map. Believe it or not, we didn\u2019t even really pick them at all.<br \/>\nIn the following sections, we\u2019ll go over the methodology behind this list and take a closer look at each of our top 10 places.<\/p>\n<h2>Our Methodology<\/h2>\n<p>In order to create this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/kind-of-a-big-deal-lists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Deal List<\/a>, we started by gathering a list of all of the places in the Northwest (that\u2019s Washington, Idaho, and Oregon) with populations of 30,000 people or more. Once we eliminated any places where we couldn\u2019t find data, we were left with a total of 63 places.<br \/>\nThen using sources such as the 2012 U.S. Census, the National Weather Service, and business listings, we gathered data for each place in the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amenities per capita<\/li>\n<li>Quality of life (cost of living, median home price, median rent, median household income, and student-to-teacher ratio)<\/li>\n<li>Total crimes<\/li>\n<li>Tax rates (sales tax and income tax)<\/li>\n<li>Unemployment<\/li>\n<li>Commute time<\/li>\n<li>Weather (temperature and air quality)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From there, we ranked each place in each of these criteria from one to 63, where the lower the score, the better the place. We then averaged all of each place\u2019s rankings into one Big Deal Score, again, where the lowest score was the best.<br \/>\nAt the end of the post, we\u2019ll include a table with rankings for the top 50 places in the state. First, though, let\u2019s take a closer look at each of our top 10, starting with our winner, the one and only Bellevue.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Bellevue, WA<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2014\/10\/best-northwest\/images\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Best Places In the Northwest\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user Krishanu_seal<\/div>\n<p>Bellevue may be a suburb of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/seattle-wa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seattle<\/a>\u2014and to those who actually live in Seattle, it may seem like the boring \u2018burbs\u2014but clearly, coming in at the top of our list, these guys are doing something right.<br \/>\nAccording to the math (and math doesn\u2019t lie), Bellevue residents have a better overall quality of life, ranking eighth where Seattle ranked ninth, and even ranked seventh in the category of amenities per capita, where Seattle, again, came in ninth overall.<br \/>\nBellevue also had the third lowest unemployment rate in the entire northwest at just four percent. To put that into perspective, take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/bremerton-wa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bremerton, WA<\/a> where it was seven percent.<br \/>\nWhile it may be more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/top-ten\/exciting-washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exciting<\/a> to live in the big city, it\u2019s also more dangerous. Whereas Seattle had more than 5,700 crimes per 100,000 people, Bellevue had just 2,960.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Lake Oswego, OR<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2014\/10\/best-northwest\/images\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Best Places In the Northwest\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Bruce Lee<\/div>\n<p>Lake Oswego comes in near the top of our list because it had all of the benefits of being near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/portland-or\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portland<\/a>\u2014which, let\u2019s face it, is awesome\u2014but had none of the drawbacks. Namely the crime.<br \/>\nWhere Portland ranked 48th in the category of crime, Lake Oswego ranked second\u2014out of 63 places we looked at in all of the Northwest.<br \/>\nPlus, Lake Oswego ranked 14th for both its number of amenities\u2014stores, gyms, restaurants, and of course, in a class of its own, the Oswego Grill\u2014and its overall quality of life.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Issaquah, WA<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2014\/10\/best-northwest\/images\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Best Places In the Northwest\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: City of Issaquah<\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s another city proving wrong the notion that the \u2018burbs are boring. In fact, per capita, Issaquah had the 16th most amenities in the Northwest.<br \/>\nThat includes all kinds of things\u2014shopping centers, spas, and of course, coffee, coffee, coffee (kind of a requirement in Washington).<br \/>\nCoffee aside, Issaquah also had a good overall quality of life score. This\u2019s because of the relatively low student-teacher ratio (20 to 1), the high median household income ($84,001), and the high median home and rent prices\u2014good indicators of desirability.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Lewiston, ID<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2014\/10\/best-northwest\/images\/4.jpg\" alt=\"Best Places In the Northwest\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user Nathaniel Robertson<\/div>\n<p>Surprise, surprise\u2014the first of our cities from Idaho earned the majority of its cool points for its weather. Of course, compared to Washington and Oregon, almost any place in Idaho is going to have superior weather.<br \/>\nLewiston in particular came in first in this category, for its warm average summer temperature of 71 degrees and its air quality score of 13 (where a lower number is better, and where most places on our list scored higher than 30).<br \/>\nThe best part is that, with the second lowest commute times in the northwest and the fifth lowest crime rate, Lewiston residents can actually get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. Well, that is if they\u2019re not too busy at work: 96 percent of residents here were employed.<br \/>\nOh well, that\u2019s what sick days are for.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Kirkland, WA<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2014\/10\/best-northwest\/images\/5.jpg\" alt=\"Best Places In the Northwest\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user Taomeister<\/div>\n<p>If you thought Kirkland was a mere bedroom community to Seattle, you obviously haven\u2019t spent much time there.<br \/>\nThis place is dotted with restaurants, art galleries, a 400 seat performing arts center, parks, beaches, bronze sculptures. Long story short, it had the fourth most amenities per capita in the Northwest. That\u2019s way more than Seattle.<br \/>\nKirkland also had one of the highest qualities of life overall in the region, for its high median household income of nearly $85,000, high median home and rent prices (the fourth and third highest in the region), and, to top it off, the 12th lowest number of crimes per 100,000 people in three states.<br \/>\nBedroom community, shmedroom community.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Redmond, WA<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2014\/10\/best-northwest\/images\/6.jpg\" alt=\"Best Places In the Northwest\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user Tulip 126<\/div>\n<p>This city may be known as a tech bubble\u2014which it totally is\u2014but it\u2019s also a whole lot more.<br \/>\nFirst of all, Redmond is safe. With 2,615 crimes per 100,000 residents, it\u2019s the 13th safest in the Northwest.<br \/>\nSecond of all, it\u2019s affluent. Residents here earn the second highest median household income in the three states\u2014$88,194\u2014which definitely raises its overall quality of life score.<br \/>\nBut where Redmond really outshined the rest was in its low unemployment rate of just 3.4 percent. This is the lowest unemployment rate out of all of the places we looked at.<\/p>\n<h2>7. Corvallis, OR<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2014\/10\/best-northwest\/images\/7.jpg\" alt=\"Best Places In the Northwest\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: City of Corvallis<\/div>\n<p>The great thing about Corvallis is that this city\u2019s awesomeness has absolutely nothing to do with the oh-so-loved Portland. In fact, with over 80 miles separating the two, Corvallis is on its own to provide for residents, and provide it does.<br \/>\nIt doesn\u2019t have quite the number of amenities per capita as Portland or some of the others in our top 10, but with an average commute time of just 17 minutes, who really cares about amenities?<br \/>\nThe real reason for living in Corvallis, though, is the weather. Oregon may not be known for the best weather in general, but there\u2019s no arguing that an average summer temperature of 66 and an air quality score of just 12 is pretty darn nice.<br \/>\nThis is way nicer than most places you\u2019ll find in Oregon, or even in Idaho, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n<h2>8. Beaverton, OR<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2014\/10\/best-northwest\/images\/8.jpg\" alt=\"Best Places In the Northwest\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: City of Beaverton<\/div>\n<p>Residents of Beaverton are probably not too surprised to find it on our list.<br \/>\nAfter all, they know how safe the city feels (just 2,143 crimes per 100,000 people), how low their sales tax was (none), and, of course, how much money they were making (on average $55,296). All of this combined for a low crime rate and overall good quality of life score.<br \/>\nBeaverton also had the 17th most amenities per capita, including restaurants, markets, shops, and, of course, Donut Day in a category all its own.<br \/>\nTo put that into perspective, Beaverton had more amenities per capita than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/eugene-or\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eugene<\/a>, Redmond, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/vancouver-wa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vancouver<\/a> (the one in Washington).<\/p>\n<h2>9. Meridian, ID<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2014\/10\/best-northwest\/images\/9.jpg\" alt=\"Best Places In the Northwest\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: City of Meridian<\/div>\n<p>This Idaho city may not exactly be the most exciting of places (it lacked a few amenities), but it\u2019s easily one of the best places to raise a family in the Northwest.<br \/>\nFor starters, the quality of life here was off the charts. Not only was the cost of living index lower than average (96, where the national average is 100), but the median household income was higher than average: $63,757 where the national average is $52,328.<br \/>\nIt also had the fourth lowest unemployment rate in the Northwest, plus with just 1,524 crimes per 100,000 people, the third lowest crime rate.<br \/>\nSure, maybe it didn\u2019t have all the amenities of, say, Kirkland, but who needs shopping and restaurants when the safety and wellbeing of your family are so secure? Plus, it has Gelato Cafe, which is really all you need.<\/p>\n<h2>10. Twin Falls, ID<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2014\/10\/best-northwest\/images\/10.jpg\" alt=\"Best Places In the Northwest\" style=\"width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Flickr user chadh<\/div>\n<p>If Meridian lacked the amenities and excitement you\u2019d like, this city might just be a better fit.<br \/>\nWith restaurants like Buffalo Cafe, coffee shops like Java, and, of course, tons of galleries, shops, fitness centers, and other businesses, Twin Falls had the 15th most amenities per capita in the Northwest.<br \/>\nIt also tied for fourth for a low average commute time of 17 minutes, and came in at 11th for its near perfect weather\u2014as residents know too well, a rare find in the region.<\/p>\n<h2>Way More Than Just Postcards<\/h2>\n<p>There is no doubt about it: the Northwest is beautiful, a postcard enthusiast\u2019s dream come true. But more than that, it is also home to some of our nation\u2019s finest cities, like the 10 listed above.<br \/>\nIf you\u2019d like to see some of the other fine cities in the Northwest, just look down at the top 50 below. And if you\u2019d like to take it one step further (perhaps a move is in your future?), well, we can help you there too.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2014\/10\/best-northwest\/table.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Best Places In the Northwest\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2014\/10\/best-northwest\/bestnorthwest.png\" title=\"The 10 Best Places In the Northwest\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embed Gallery The 10 Best Places In The Northwest By Movoto Real Estate The Northwest is arguably one of the most beautiful areas in the country, if not the entire world (to residents, of course, it\u2019s a fact not an argument). But Washington, Oregon, and Idaho aren\u2019t just perfect places for postcards\u2014they\u2019re also home to some pretty fabulous cities. So which cities are the best of the best in the northwest? Well, according to the latest analysis here at the Movoto Real Estate Blog, that honor goes to the following 10 places, starting with our winner, Bellevue. 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