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Hoquiam is a big small town of 8,800 people in Grays Harbor County, Washington. It's about 48 miles from Olympia, WA and 85 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 67°F and winter highs 48°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $228k and rent runs about $1k a month.
8,800people
$228kTypical home
$1,086/moRent
67° / 48°Summer / winter
1"Snow
169Sunny days
190Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 8,800
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 922 people per sq mi
- 85 mi to Seattle, WA
- 48 mi to Olympia, WA
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $228k (≈$1,439/mo)
- Median rent $1,086/mo
- Median household income $50k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 67°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (59 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 190 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (166 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (895 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 25% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 47 mi to OLM airport
- 82 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 53 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 20 ft
- Right on the coast
- 176 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 114 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 63 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 12 bars within 25 mi
- 30 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 13 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 41 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 13% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 67 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 48 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grays Harbor County: R+6 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
- Very low volcano risk