Mountain View Meadows

Yelm, WA · Yelm Community Schools · #7 in Yelm

Livability73.4/ 100
Where to live
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Why this score

What we measured for a family deciding where to buy.

Schools68.0
7 elementary nearby, avg 3.4/5
Services access85.5
Across the 9 PCS verticals
Distance to base65.6
14 mi to the gate · 37 min

Crime isn't folded into this score — it's only reported at the county level, not by neighborhood. See the county figure below.

Crime & safety

Violent crime for the county Mountain View Meadows sits in — the closest honest grain for crime data.

Area safety
237violent crimes / 100k
Well below the national average(US avg 387)

County-level violent-crime rate for Thurston County, from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting program via County Health Rankings (2022). Crime isn't reported at the neighborhood level — this is the closest honest grain and applies to the whole county.

What's reachable

Counts within a short drive of Mountain View Meadows, with the average Google rating.

Daycares & Childcare
11 4.5
Hospitals
15 3.6
Pediatricians
20 3.6
Dentists
11 4.0
Veterinarians
20 4.5
Self Storage
11 4.5
Moving Companies
20 4.4
Gyms & Fitness
8 4.8
Grocery Stores
86 4.3

Housing budget

BAH · E-5 w/ dependents · TACOMA, WA
$2,556/mo

Same BAH applies to every neighborhood in the housing area — see the Yelm community guide for the full pay-grade table and the VA loan facts.

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