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Port Ludlow is a small town of 2,891 people in Jefferson County, Washington. It's about 26 miles from Seattle, WA. Summer highs average 75°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 1 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $636k and rent runs about $2k a month.
2,891people
$636kTypical home
$2,213/moRent
75° / 47°Summer / winter
1"Snow
169Sunny days
145Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,891
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 251 people per sq mi
- 26 mi to Seattle, WA
- 26 mi to Seattle, WA
- 12 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $636k (≈$4,008/mo)
- Median rent $2,213/mo
- Median household income $96k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 75°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (62 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 65 of 90 winter days are gray
- 145 days a year with rain or snow
- 1" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (140 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (798 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 65
- 9% of households have kids
- 49% are 65 or older
- 51% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to PAE airport
- 37 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 48 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 88% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1996
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 52 ft
- Right on the coast
- 98 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 67 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 30 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,211 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 126 bars within 25 mi
- 468 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 10 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 37 museums within 25 mi
- 30 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 31% of Washington districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 17 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 8 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 10 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Jefferson County: D+45 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
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk