Best ZIP codes by state

Best ZIP codes in Washington: build your own ZIP ranking.

Use SkaldMaps to compare Washington ZIP codes with the same filters and weights. Start with 701 ZIPs, then narrow the map by affordability, schools, commute, weather, broadband, healthcare access, and market signals. Compare major markets like Seattle, Spokane, and Tacoma with nearby suburbs, exurbs, and smaller ZIPs.

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701 ZIPs ZIP codes in Washington.
33k+ ZIPs Every U.S. ZIP code analyzed.
3k+ Counties Over 3,300 US counties mapped.
85k+ Tracts Every US census tract available for deep dives.
50 States Nationwide coverage.
470+ Data fields - from ownership costs and rent benchmarks to schools and weather.

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Top 10 ZIP codes in Washington by Premium Retail Access

We calculate Premium Retail Access by analyzing the number of retail locations in a ZIP code - just one of our custom KPIs.

Whether you're looking for strong investment signals or just like to be close to amenities for your next home, we got you covered.

Top 10 ZIP codes in Washington by Premium Retail Access
ZIP Nearest city County Score
98037 Everett, WA Snohomish 98.9
98052 Bellevue, WA King 98.7
98036 Everett, WA Snohomish 98.5
98101 Seattle, WA King 98.5
98126 Seattle, WA King 98.5
98104 Seattle, WA King 98.4
98106 Seattle, WA King 98.2
98121 Seattle, WA King 98.2
98466 Tacoma, WA Pierce 98.2
98409 Tacoma, WA Pierce 98.0

What SkaldMaps does

Location intelligence for Washington and beyond.

Whether you're buying a home, helping a client, relocating, or screening investment markets in Washington, SkaldMaps brings housing, schools, weather, commute, healthcare access, broadband, demographics, and market signals together on one map of ZIPs, counties, and census tracts.

Our rating engine lets you pick the criteria you care about, set how much each one matters, and rank the areas that match your goals. Save the model, refine it, reuse it. The ranking is yours - not someone else's top-10 list.

SkaldMaps defaults to screening ZIP codes. Start with scanning all 701 ZIPs in Washington, then switch to counties when you need the bigger picture or drill down to census tracts for a more local view.

Our data set currently has 473 fields: demographics, market signals, amenities, healthcare access, weather, affordability, schools, custom scores, and quality indicators for Washington research.

Why SkaldMaps

Why not just Google it?

Because the data lives in dozens of different places - and a generic "Top 10 Suburbs of Seattle" list isn't necessarily what you're actually looking for.

Data that's normally scattered across dozens of sources.

Ownership costs, schools, weather, broadband, hospital access, and market context for Washington live in different places, formats, and geographic scales.

We did the math.

We pull the data together, map non-ZIP data to the ZIP (or county or even census tract, if you prefer) level using geospatial calculations, and build derived signals on top: access scores, affordability ratios, custom indices. One question instead of twenty.

Filter the state, not just one city.

"Show me every ZIP in Washington under $400k where schools beat the state average and a hospital is within 10 miles and I'm within 20 miles of my office in Spokane"? Try that elsewhere.

Your priorities, your ranking.

Generic top-10 lists rank places with a fixed formula. Yours maybe weighs commute and broadband access higher than nightlife (and maybe it doesn't) - so we let you set the weights yourself.

What you can do with it

Explore and analyze Washington's eeal estate market.

Explore the map, rank locations by your own weights, and filter the results down to a shortlist that fits.

Build your own rating model

See all of Washington at a glance, then drill down.

Explore Washington's 701 ZIP codes, build and tune your custom rating model to find the perfect place.

  • ZIP, county, and tract views from the same map workflow
  • Overlay any data field on the map in one click
  • Compare adjacent locations before you commit to a market

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