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Canyon Creek is a small town of 3,910 people in Snohomish County, Washington. It's about 26 miles from Mount Vernon, WA and 38 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 75°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $446k and rent runs about $2k a month.
3,910people
$446kTypical home
$1,821/moRent
75° / 46°Summer / winter
4"Snow
180Sunny days
176Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,910
- Part of a metro area
- About 641 people per sq mi
- 38 mi to Seattle, WA
- 26 mi to Mount Vernon, WA
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $446k (≈$2,814/mo)
- Median rent $1,821/mo
- Median household income $78k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 75°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 180 sunny days a year (65 totally clear)
- 185 cloudy days a year
- 56 of 90 winter days are gray
- 176 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" 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 (153 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,331 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 30% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 43 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 9 mi to Arlington Municipal Airport airport
- 48 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 49 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1995
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 509 ft
- 11 mi to the ocean
- 62 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 48 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 20 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 597 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 50 bars within 25 mi
- 312 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 18 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 16% of Washington districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 8 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 12 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Snohomish County: D+19 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
- High volcano risk