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Cottage Lake is a small city of 22,518 people in King County, Washington. It's about 16 miles from Seattle, WA. Summer highs average 75°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.2M and rent runs about $3k a month.
22,518people
$1.2MTypical home
$2,740/moRent
75° / 46°Summer / winter
3"Snow
169Sunny days
177Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 22,518
- Part of a metro area
- About 990 people per sq mi
- 16 mi to Seattle, WA
- 16 mi to Seattle, WA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $1.2M (≈$7,761/mo)
- Median rent $2,740/mo
- Median household income $213k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 75°F
- Winter highs around 46°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
- 177 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (355 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,759 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 44
- 36% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 68% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 15 mi to PAE airport
- 23 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 39 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 97% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 99% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 289 ft
- 14 mi to the ocean
- 75 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 36 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 55 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 2,898 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 331 bars within 25 mi
- 1,125 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 38 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 70 museums within 25 mi
- 53 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 5% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 7 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- King County: D+52 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