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Fall City is a small town of 1,618 people in King County, Washington. It's about 21 miles from Seattle, WA. Summer highs average 77°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 11 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.0M and rent runs about $3k a month.
1,618people
$1.0MTypical home
$2,688/moRent
77° / 47°Summer / winter
11"Snow
203Sunny days
184Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,618
- Part of a metro area
- About 570 people per sq mi
- 21 mi to Seattle, WA
- 21 mi to Seattle, WA
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.0M (≈$6,371/mo)
- Median rent $2,688/mo
- Median household income $177k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 77°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 203 sunny days a year (74 totally clear)
- 162 cloudy days a year
- 57 of 90 winter days are gray
- 184 days a year with rain or snow
- 11" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (355 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,759 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 42
- 23% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 60% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 18 mi to BFI airport
- 20 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 33 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1969
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 118 ft
- 20 mi to the ocean
- 75 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 24 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 49 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 2,651 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 303 bars within 25 mi
- 1,011 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 38 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 65 museums within 25 mi
- 45 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 2% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 5 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 11 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- King County: D+52 in 2024
- Washington: D+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk