Living in Entiat, WA
Entiat is a small town of 1,284 people in Chelan County, Washington. It's about 17 miles from Wenatchee, WA and 99 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 36 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $365k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,284people
$365kTypical home
$1,301/moRent
88° / 36°Summer / winter
36"Snow
203Sunny days
73Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,284
- Part of a metro area
- About 589 people per sq mi
- 99 mi to Seattle, WA
- 17 mi to Wenatchee, WA
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $365k (≈$2,299/mo)
- Median rent $1,301/mo
- Median household income $76k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 36°F
- Dry summers (dew point 45°F)
- 203 sunny days a year (74 totally clear)
- 162 cloudy days a year
- 57 of 90 winter days are gray
- 73 days a year with rain or snow
- 36" of snow a year
- 12 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- 11 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (203 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,138 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 25% of households have kids
- 26% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to EAT airport
- 99 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 107 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 1,109 ft
- 94 mi to the ocean
- 14 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 28 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 87 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 13 bars within 25 mi
- 34 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 18 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 35% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 27 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 84 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 15 mi to the nearest vet
- 19 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 18 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Chelan County: R+10 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
- High volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.