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Bucoda is a tiny town of 494 people in Thurston County, Washington. It's about 17 miles from Olympia, WA and 62 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 78°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $270k and rent runs about $1k a month.
494people
$270kTypical home
$1,338/moRent
78° / 46°Summer / winter
4"Snow
169Sunny days
170Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 494
- Part of a metro area
- About 847 people per sq mi
- 62 mi to Seattle, WA
- 17 mi to Olympia, WA
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $270k (≈$1,703/mo)
- Median rent $1,338/mo
- Median household income $73k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 78°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (59 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 170 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (253 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,319 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 30% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 12 mi to OLM airport
- 52 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 14 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 246 ft
- 17 mi to the ocean
- 143 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 65 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 17 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 247 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 27 bars within 25 mi
- 131 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 23 museums within 25 mi
- 6 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 18 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of Washington districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 31 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 17 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Thurston County: D+20 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
- High volcano risk