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Wilderness Rim is a small town of 1,560 people in King County, Washington. It's about 30 miles from Seattle, WA. Summer highs average 72°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 38 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $681k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,560people
$681kTypical home
$2,092/moRent
72° / 42°Summer / winter
38"Snow
203Sunny days
193Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,560
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,508 people per sq mi
- 30 mi to Seattle, WA
- 30 mi to Seattle, WA
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $681k (≈$4,296/mo)
- Median rent $2,092/mo
- Median household income $150k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 72°F
- Winter highs around 42°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 203 sunny days a year (74 totally clear)
- 162 cloudy days a year
- 57 of 90 winter days are gray
- 193 days a year with rain or snow
- 38" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (355 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,759 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 36% of households have kids
- 7% are 65 or older
- 51% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 25 mi to SEA airport
- 25 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 34 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 89% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 1,060 ft
- 26 mi to the ocean
- 75 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 15 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 32 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 929 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 50 bars within 25 mi
- 368 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 23 museums within 25 mi
- 12 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 13 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 1% of Washington districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 14 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 20 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- King County: D+52 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.