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Cathcart is a small town of 2,064 people in Snohomish County, Washington. It's about 20 miles from Seattle, WA. Summer highs average 74°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 6 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $909k and rent runs about $2k a month.
2,064people
$909kTypical home
$1,949/moRent
74° / 45°Summer / winter
6"Snow
169Sunny days
187Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,064
- Part of a metro area
- About 534 people per sq mi
- 20 mi to Seattle, WA
- 20 mi to Seattle, WA
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $909k (≈$5,732/mo)
- Median rent $1,949/mo
- Median household income $130k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 74°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (62 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 65 of 90 winter days are gray
- 187 days a year with rain or snow
- 6" 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 45
- 25% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 40% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 40 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 9 mi to PAE airport
- 30 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 45 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 335 ft
- 10 mi to the ocean
- 73 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 42 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 53 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 2,633 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 314 bars within 25 mi
- 1,042 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 38 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 66 museums within 25 mi
- 48 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 20% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 8 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.