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Point Roberts is a small town of 1,288 people in Whatcom County, Washington. It's about 31 miles from Bellingham, WA and 100 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 72°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 8 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $484k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,288people
$484kTypical home
$1,095/moRent
72° / 45°Summer / winter
8"Snow
170Sunny days
164Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,288
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 264 people per sq mi
- 100 mi to Seattle, WA
- 31 mi to Bellingham, WA
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $484k (≈$3,051/mo)
- Median rent $1,095/mo
- Median household income $78k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 72°F
- Winter highs around 45°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
- 164 days a year with rain or snow
- 8" 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 (184 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,751 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 58
- 13% of households have kids
- 28% are 65 or older
- 43% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 9% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 20 mi to ESD airport
- 112 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 31 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1980
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 102 ft
- Right on the coast
- 119 mi to a big lake
- 23 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 63 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 42 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 4 bars within 25 mi
- 11 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 21 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 23% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 30 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 30 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 23 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 31 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