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North Yelm is a small town of 2,522 people in Thurston County, Washington. It's about 14 miles from Olympia, WA and 47 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 77°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $385k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,522people
$385kTypical home
$1,464/moRent
77° / 46°Summer / winter
4"Snow
169Sunny days
170Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,522
- Part of a metro area
- About 763 people per sq mi
- 47 mi to Seattle, WA
- 14 mi to Olympia, WA
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $385k (≈$2,425/mo)
- Median rent $1,464/mo
- Median household income $74k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 77°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (59 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 170 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 (253 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,319 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 21% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 36 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 14 mi to OLM airport
- 36 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 9 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 60% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1988
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 279 ft
- 10 mi to the ocean
- 126 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 52 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 33 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 761 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 98 bars within 25 mi
- 344 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 48 museums within 25 mi
- 14 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 15 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 49% of Washington districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 15 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 9 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Thurston County: D+20 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
- High volcano risk