IntelliMoveTake the quiz →Living in Klickitat, WA
Klickitat is a tiny town of 501 people in Klickitat County, Washington. It's about 61 miles from Yakima, WA and 74 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 34 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $169k and rent runs about $960 a month.
501people
$169kTypical home
$960/moRent
85° / 43°Summer / winter
34"Snow
226Sunny days
90Rain/snow days
Is Klickitat right for you?
Take the 5-minute quiz and see your match — and how it stacks up against 34,000 other places.
Size & setting
- Tiny town of 501
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 534 people per sq mi
- 74 mi to Portland, OR
- 61 mi to Yakima, WA
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $169k (≈$1,068/mo)
- Median rent $960/mo
- Median household income $64k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Dry summers (dew point 48°F)
- 226 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 139 cloudy days a year
- 58 of 90 winter days are gray
- 90 days a year with rain or snow
- 34" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (112 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,313 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 29% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 11% walk or take transit to work
- 60 mi to YKM airport
- 71 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 15 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 82% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1953
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 850 ft
- 100 mi to the ocean
- 150 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 35 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 39 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 14 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 45 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 4% of Washington districts (reading)
- 10 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 18 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 20 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 53 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Klickitat County: R+9 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