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Woods Creek is a big small town of 6,943 people in Snohomish County, Washington. It's about 27 miles from Seattle, WA. Summer highs average 74°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 9 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $823k and rent runs about $3k a month.
6,943people
$823kTypical home
$2,603/moRent
74° / 44°Summer / winter
9"Snow
203Sunny days
187Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 6,943
- Part of a metro area
- About 495 people per sq mi
- 27 mi to Seattle, WA
- 27 mi to Seattle, WA
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $823k (≈$5,189/mo)
- Median rent $2,603/mo
- Median household income $157k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 74°F
- Winter highs around 44°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
- 187 days a year with rain or snow
- 9" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (153 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,331 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 44% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 36% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 41 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 18 mi to PAE airport
- 35 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 50 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 90% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1991
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 354 ft
- 16 mi to the ocean
- 64 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 37 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 40 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,524 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 157 bars within 25 mi
- 657 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 6 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 28 museums within 25 mi
- 22 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 45% of Washington districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 15 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 16 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Snohomish County: D+19 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