Living in Indianola, WA
Indianola is a small town of 3,468 people in Kitsap County, Washington. It's about 12 miles from Seattle, WA. Summer highs average 75°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $504k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,468people
$504kTypical home
$1,443/moRent
75° / 46°Summer / winter
4"Snow
169Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,468
- Part of a metro area
- About 660 people per sq mi
- 12 mi to Seattle, WA
- 12 mi to Seattle, WA
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $504k (≈$3,177/mo)
- Median rent $1,443/mo
- Median household income $99k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 75°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (62 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 65 of 90 winter days are gray
- 4" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (208 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,410 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 46
- 25% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 40% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 38 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 15 mi to PAE airport
- 23 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 36 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1992
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 423 ft
- Right on the coast
- 93 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 54 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 52 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 2,816 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 318 bars within 25 mi
- 1,079 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 38 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 78 museums within 25 mi
- 58 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 33% of Washington districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 12 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 7 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Kitsap County: D+21 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