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Grand Mound is a small town of 3,287 people in Thurston County, Washington. It's about 17 miles from Olympia, WA and 65 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 78°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $411k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,287people
$411kTypical home
$1,426/moRent
78° / 46°Summer / winter
4"Snow
169Sunny days
171Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,287
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 792 people per sq mi
- 65 mi to Seattle, WA
- 17 mi to Olympia, WA
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $411k (≈$2,594/mo)
- Median rent $1,426/mo
- Median household income $84k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 78°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (59 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 171 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (253 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,319 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 35
- 39% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 13 mi to OLM airport
- 56 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 17 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 67% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1992
- 99% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 177 ft
- 18 mi to the ocean
- 148 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 72 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 16 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 244 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 27 bars within 25 mi
- 131 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 21 museums within 25 mi
- 6 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 17 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of Washington districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 35 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 18 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Thurston County: D+20 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
- 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.