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Marietta-Alderwood is a small town of 3,754 people in Whatcom County, Washington. It's about 5 miles from Bellingham, WA and 81 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 73°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $547k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,754people
$547kTypical home
$1,496/moRent
73° / 46°Summer / winter
4"Snow
170Sunny days
169Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,754
- Part of a metro area
- About 645 people per sq mi
- 81 mi to Seattle, WA
- 5 mi to Bellingham, WA
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $547k (≈$3,450/mo)
- Median rent $1,496/mo
- Median household income $76k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 73°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 170 sunny days a year (64 totally clear)
- 195 cloudy days a year
- 69 of 90 winter days are gray
- 169 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (184 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,751 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 38
- 26% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 35% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 1 mi to BLI airport
- 93 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 5 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 55% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1980
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 121 ft
- Right on the coast
- 92 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 40 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 19 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 280 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 50 bars within 25 mi
- 110 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 4 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 23 museums within 25 mi
- 15 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 38% of Washington districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 23 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Whatcom County: D+25 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
- Low volcano risk