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Gold Bar is a small town of 2,390 people in Snohomish County, Washington. It's about 35 miles from Seattle, WA. Summer highs average 78°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 39 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $455k and rent runs about $2k a month.
2,390people
$455kTypical home
$1,843/moRent
78° / 47°Summer / winter
39"Snow
203Sunny days
186Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,390
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,257 people per sq mi
- 35 mi to Seattle, WA
- 35 mi to Seattle, WA
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $455k (≈$2,872/mo)
- Median rent $1,843/mo
- Median household income $101k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 78°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
- 186 days a year with rain or snow
- 39" of snow a year
- 12 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (135 per 100k)
- Low property crime (948 per 100k)
People
- Median age 36
- 39% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 49 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 28 mi to PAE airport
- 40 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 55 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1994
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 200 ft
- 26 mi to the ocean
- 56 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 29 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 20 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 427 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 48 bars within 25 mi
- 215 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- 14 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 49% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 25 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 24 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Snohomish County: D+19 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