Living in Crescent Bar, WA
Crescent Bar is a tiny town of 271 people in Grant County, Washington. It's about 22 miles from Wenatchee, WA and 114 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 32 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $564k and rent runs about $2k a month.
271people
$564kTypical home
$2,139/moRent
90° / 38°Summer / winter
32"Snow
234Sunny days
64Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 271
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 269 people per sq mi
- 114 mi to Seattle, WA
- 22 mi to Wenatchee, WA
- 19 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $564k (≈$3,554/mo)
- Median rent $2,139/mo
- Median household income $121k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 38°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
- 64 days a year with rain or snow
- 32" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (228 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,391 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 59
- 24% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 32% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 16 mi to EAT airport
- 110 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 114 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 52% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2004
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 600 ft
- 110 mi to the ocean
- 43 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 20 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 130 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 18 bars within 25 mi
- 65 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 10% of Washington districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 75 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 19 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 22 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grant County: R+38 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
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk