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Coulee Dam is a small town of 1,595 people in Okanogan County, Washington. It's about 73 miles from Wenatchee, WA and 159 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 35°F, with about 25 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $239k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,595people
$239kTypical home
$1,033/moRent
90° / 35°Summer / winter
25"Snow
234Sunny days
95Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,595
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 2,228 people per sq mi
- 159 mi to Seattle, WA
- 73 mi to Wenatchee, WA
- 60 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $239k (≈$1,504/mo)
- Median rent $1,033/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 35°F
- Dry summers (dew point 45°F)
- 234 sunny days a year (93 totally clear)
- 131 cloudy days a year
- 56 of 90 winter days are gray
- 95 days a year with rain or snow
- 25" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- 8 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (0 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,064 per 100k)
People
- Median age 38
- 31% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 13% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 69 mi to EAT airport
- 71 mi to GEG (major hub)
- 169 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 81% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1953
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,152 ft
- 149 mi to the ocean
- 42 mi to a big lake
- 37 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 52 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 55 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 2% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 84 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 40 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 57 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Okanogan County: R+15 in 2024
- Washington: D+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Low volcano risk