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Selah is a big small town of 8,437 people in Yakima County, Washington. It's about 4 miles from Yakima, WA and 109 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 20 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $415k and rent runs about $2k a month.
8,437people
$415kTypical home
$1,539/moRent
88° / 38°Summer / winter
20"Snow
226Sunny days
80Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 8,437
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,839 people per sq mi
- 109 mi to Seattle, WA
- 4 mi to Yakima, WA
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $415k (≈$2,614/mo)
- Median rent $1,539/mo
- Median household income $75k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 38°F
- Dry summers (dew point 45°F)
- 226 sunny days a year (86 totally clear)
- 139 cloudy days a year
- 55 of 90 winter days are gray
- 80 days a year with rain or snow
- 20" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 4 days a year over 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (111 per 100k)
- Low property crime (918 per 100k)
People
- Median age 33
- 33% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 5 mi to YKM airport
- 100 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 71 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 73% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1990
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,286 ft
- 98 mi to the ocean
- 86 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 40 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 136 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 18 bars within 25 mi
- 78 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 13 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 24% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 25 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 65 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Yakima County: R+14 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