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Kittitas is a small town of 1,221 people in Kittitas County, Washington. It's about 28 miles from Yakima, WA and 101 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 16 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $317k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,221people
$317kTypical home
$1,351/moRent
86° / 36°Summer / winter
16"Snow
226Sunny days
83Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,221
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,563 people per sq mi
- 101 mi to Seattle, WA
- 28 mi to Yakima, WA
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $317k (≈$1,997/mo)
- Median rent $1,351/mo
- Median household income $80k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 36°F
- Dry summers (dew point 46°F)
- 226 sunny days a year (86 totally clear)
- 139 cloudy days a year
- 55 of 90 winter days are gray
- 83 days a year with rain or snow
- 16" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- 10 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (129 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,028 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 19% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 27% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 29 mi to YKM airport
- 94 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 95 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1976
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,641 ft
- 93 mi to the ocean
- 62 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 21 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 75 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 16 bars within 25 mi
- 47 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 24 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 37% of Washington districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 74 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Kittitas County: R+15 in 2024
- Washington: D+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk