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Wishram is a tiny town of 411 people in Klickitat County, Washington. It's about 67 miles from Yakima, WA and 82 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 13 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $162k and rent runs about $817 a month.
411people
$162kTypical home
$817/moRent
88° / 42°Summer / winter
13"Snow
226Sunny days
95Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 411
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 248 people per sq mi
- 82 mi to Portland, OR
- 67 mi to Yakima, WA
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $162k (≈$1,022/mo)
- Median rent $817/mo
- Median household income $42k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 42°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 50°F)
- 226 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 139 cloudy days a year
- 58 of 90 winter days are gray
- 95 days a year with rain or snow
- 13" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 7 days a year over 100°F
- 3 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (112 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,313 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 49
- 20% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 66 mi to YKM airport
- 79 mi to PDX (major hub)
- Amtrak station in town
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1953
- 80% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 449 ft
- 112 mi to the ocean
- 157 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 35 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 31 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 11 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 34 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 4% of Washington districts (reading)
- 11 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 12 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 28 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 57 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Klickitat County: R+9 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