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Big Lake is a small town of 2,326 people in Skagit County, Washington. It's about 3 miles from Mount Vernon, WA and 54 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 74°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $666k and rent runs about $2k a month.
2,326people
$666kTypical home
$1,980/moRent
74° / 47°Summer / winter
5"Snow
170Sunny days
186Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,326
- Part of a metro area
- About 303 people per sq mi
- 54 mi to Seattle, WA
- 3 mi to Mount Vernon, WA
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $666k (≈$4,202/mo)
- Median rent $1,980/mo
- Median household income $109k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 74°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 170 sunny days a year (64 totally clear)
- 195 cloudy days a year
- 69 of 90 winter days are gray
- 186 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (102 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,327 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 43
- 33% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 35% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to Arlington Municipal Airport airport
- 66 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 26 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1991
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 164 ft
- 9 mi to the ocean
- 73 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 41 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 17 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 265 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 23 bars within 25 mi
- 155 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 17 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 16% of Washington districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 17 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 9 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Skagit County: D+9 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
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Low volcano risk