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Aberdeen is a small city of 17,088 people in Grays Harbor County, Washington. It's about 43 miles from Olympia, WA and 82 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 68°F and winter highs 48°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $237k and rent runs about $1k a month.
17,088people
$237kTypical home
$1,049/moRent
68° / 48°Summer / winter
1"Snow
169Sunny days
192Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 17,088
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,572 people per sq mi
- 82 mi to Seattle, WA
- 43 mi to Olympia, WA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $237k (≈$1,496/mo)
- Median rent $1,049/mo
- Median household income $52k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 68°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (59 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 192 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (296 per 100k)
- Above-average property crime (2,115 per 100k)
People
- Median age 38
- 26% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 43 mi to OLM airport
- 78 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 48 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1948
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 10 ft
- Right on the coast
- 172 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 109 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 65 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 12 bars within 25 mi
- 39 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 37 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 16% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 63 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 44 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grays Harbor County: R+6 in 2024
- Washington: D+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk