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Woodway is a small town of 1,251 people in Snohomish County, Washington. It's about 12 miles from Seattle, WA. Summer highs average 75°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $2.0M and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,251people
$2.0MTypical home
$1,949/moRent
75° / 48°Summer / winter
4"Snow
169Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,251
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,071 people per sq mi
- 12 mi to Seattle, WA
- 12 mi to Seattle, WA
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$13k/mo)
- Median rent $1,949/mo
- Median household income $205k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 75°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (62 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 65 of 90 winter days are gray
- 4" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (92 per 100k)
- Low property crime (951 per 100k)
People
- Median age 48
- 31% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 62% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 10 mi to PAE airport
- 24 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 38 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 90% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 79 ft
- Right on the coast
- 87 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 50 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 58 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 2,928 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 334 bars within 25 mi
- 1,167 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 38 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 83 museums within 25 mi
- 59 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 19% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 4 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.