Living in High Bridge, WA
High Bridge is a small town of 3,196 people in Snohomish County, Washington. It's about 20 miles from Seattle, WA. Summer highs average 73°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $964k and rent runs about $2k a month.
3,196people
$964kTypical home
$1,949/moRent
73° / 43°Summer / winter
5"Snow
169Sunny days
187Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,196
- Part of a metro area
- About 458 people per sq mi
- 20 mi to Seattle, WA
- 20 mi to Seattle, WA
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $964k (≈$6,077/mo)
- Median rent $1,949/mo
- Median household income $167k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 73°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (62 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 65 of 90 winter days are gray
- 187 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
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (153 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,331 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 47
- 34% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 47% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 14 mi to PAE airport
- 28 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 43 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1989
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 486 ft
- 15 mi to the ocean
- 71 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 37 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 53 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 2,651 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 316 bars within 25 mi
- 1,031 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 38 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 65 museums within 25 mi
- 50 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 21% of Washington districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 11 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 8 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.