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Cosmopolis is a small town of 2,202 people in Grays Harbor County, Washington. It's about 42 miles from Olympia, WA and 81 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 68°F and winter highs 48°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $317k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,202people
$317kTypical home
$1,062/moRent
68° / 48°Summer / winter
1"Snow
169Sunny days
192Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,202
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,582 people per sq mi
- 81 mi to Seattle, WA
- 42 mi to Olympia, WA
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $317k (≈$1,999/mo)
- Median rent $1,062/mo
- Median household income $85k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 68°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (59 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 192 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (166 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (895 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 35% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 41 mi to OLM airport
- 77 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 46 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1966
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 16 ft
- Right on the coast
- 171 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 107 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 65 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 12 bars within 25 mi
- 34 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 13 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 36 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 17% of Washington districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 61 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 42 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grays Harbor County: R+6 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
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.