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Steilacoom is a big small town of 6,686 people in Pierce County, Washington. It's about 17 miles from Olympia, WA and 33 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 76°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $655k and rent runs about $2k a month.
6,686people
$655kTypical home
$1,818/moRent
76° / 47°Summer / winter
3"Snow
169Sunny days
168Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 6,686
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,325 people per sq mi
- 33 mi to Seattle, WA
- 17 mi to Olympia, WA
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $655k (≈$4,130/mo)
- Median rent $1,818/mo
- Median household income $101k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 76°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (62 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 65 of 90 winter days are gray
- 168 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" 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 (222 per 100k)
- Low property crime (899 per 100k)
People
- Median age 40
- 27% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 47% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 7 mi to TIW airport
- 23 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 9 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 74% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 223 ft
- 3 mi to the ocean
- 117 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 54 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 50 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,208 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 116 bars within 25 mi
- 538 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 56 museums within 25 mi
- 22 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 42% of Washington districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 4 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Pierce County: D+11 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
- High volcano risk