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Friday Harbor is a small town of 2,728 people in San Juan County, Washington. It's about 29 miles from Bellingham, WA and 70 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 72°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $570k and rent runs about $2k a month.
2,728people
$570kTypical home
$1,696/moRent
72° / 47°Summer / winter
5"Snow
170Sunny days
144Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,728
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,247 people per sq mi
- 70 mi to Seattle, WA
- 29 mi to Bellingham, WA
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $570k (≈$3,597/mo)
- Median rent $1,696/mo
- Median household income $80k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 72°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 170 sunny days a year (64 totally clear)
- 195 cloudy days a year
- 69 of 90 winter days are gray
- 144 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (65 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (655 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 43
- 24% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 38% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 12 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 1 mi to FRD airport
- 82 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 27 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 68% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1988
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 69 ft
- Right on the coast
- 109 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 65 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 99 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 7 bars within 25 mi
- 35 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 13 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 30% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 20 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 19 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 28 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- San Juan County: D+51 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
- Low winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk