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Chain Lake is a small town of 4,950 people in Snohomish County, Washington. It's about 26 miles from Seattle, WA. Summer highs average 74°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $873k and rent runs about $2k a month.
4,950people
$873kTypical home
$1,755/moRent
74° / 44°Summer / winter
5"Snow
203Sunny days
187Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,950
- Part of a metro area
- About 454 people per sq mi
- 26 mi to Seattle, WA
- 26 mi to Seattle, WA
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $873k (≈$5,505/mo)
- Median rent $1,755/mo
- Median household income $161k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 74°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 203 sunny days a year (74 totally clear)
- 162 cloudy days a year
- 57 of 90 winter days are gray
- 187 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 (153 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,331 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 43
- 34% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 41% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 39 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 14 mi to PAE airport
- 35 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 50 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 90% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1993
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 285 ft
- 12 mi to the ocean
- 67 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 41 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 41 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,814 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 227 bars within 25 mi
- 756 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 12 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 33 museums within 25 mi
- 33 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 32% of Washington districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 11 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 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