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Electric City is a tiny town of 820 people in Grant County, Washington. It's about 68 miles from Wenatchee, WA and 155 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 34°F, with about 23 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $198k and rent runs about $1k a month.
820people
$198kTypical home
$1,095/moRent
88° / 34°Summer / winter
23"Snow
234Sunny days
95Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 820
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 412 people per sq mi
- 155 mi to Seattle, WA
- 68 mi to Wenatchee, WA
- 55 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $198k (≈$1,251/mo)
- Median rent $1,095/mo
- Median household income $80k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 34°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
- 23" of snow a year
- 9 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- 8 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 54
- 26% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 65 mi to EAT airport
- 73 mi to GEG (major hub)
- 164 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,519 ft
- 146 mi to the ocean
- 44 mi to a big lake
- 42 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 52 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 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
- 58 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 2% of Washington districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 86 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 41 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 52 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