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Desert Aire is a small town of 2,788 people in Grant County, Washington. It's about 30 miles from Yakima, WA and 131 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 41°F, with about 14 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $455k and rent runs about $2k a month.
2,788people
$455kTypical home
$1,739/moRent
92° / 41°Summer / winter
14"Snow
234Sunny days
69Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,788
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 821 people per sq mi
- 131 mi to Seattle, WA
- 30 mi to Yakima, WA
- 25 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $455k (≈$2,870/mo)
- Median rent $1,739/mo
- Median household income $86k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 41°F
- Dry summers (dew point 45°F)
- 234 sunny days a year (99 totally clear)
- 131 cloudy days a year
- 57 of 90 winter days are gray
- 69 days a year with rain or snow
- 14" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 11 days a year over 100°F
- 2 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 32
- 45% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 30 mi to YKM airport
- 124 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 87 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 69% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2002
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 532 ft
- 122 mi to the ocean
- 79 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 47 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 61 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 13 bars within 25 mi
- 34 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 27 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 8% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 18 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 43 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 26 mi to the nearest vet
- 31 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 26 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