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SheetWA-SNOQUALMIE-WA · Snoqualmie, WA 13,750 pop · income 98th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Snoqualmie
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Snoqualmie on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
McMinnville · lowest
43,348
McMinnville · lowest
43,348 median HH income
21.9% of the leader · rank #1
San Ramon · near
197,358
San Ramon · near
197,358 median HH income
99.7% of the leader · rank #2
Snoqualmie · this city
197,531
Snoqualmie · this city
197,531 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #3
University Pa… · near
197,589
University Pa… · near
197,589 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #4
Mantua · near
197,677
Mantua · near
197,677 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #5
Towaco · near
197,696
Towaco · near
197,696 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #6
Tall Timber · highest
198,018
Tall Timber · highest
198,018 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Snoqualmie on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 13,750.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Snoqualmie - the verdict
Snoqualmie ranks in the 98th percentile for household income and the 59th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
98th
percentile, household income
96th
percentile, home value
70th
percentile, median rent
59th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Snoqualmie, WA
Snoqualmie is a small town in Washington, home to 13,750 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Snoqualmie report a median income of $197,531 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.5%. Home values in Snoqualmie run a median of $919,300, and the median resident age is 37.7 years. About 67.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 77.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 3 residential building permits were authorized in Snoqualmie (Construction Slowdown), down 67% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Snoqualmie reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 1115.7 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Washington carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 107.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,472 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Washington run around $188, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Snoqualmie report an average commute of 20.6 minutes, with 57.6% driving alone and 29.6% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 70.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Snoqualmie's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to population change to reported crime to schools and households to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Snoqualmie, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Snoqualmie?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Washington, the closest population matches are Elk Plain (13,863 residents, $101,250 income); Fort Lewis (13,983 residents, $54,902 income); Artondale (14,051 residents, $156,908 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Flower Hill, MD (13,743 residents); Auburn, CA (13,758 residents); Maumee, OH (13,765 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Snoqualmie?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 57.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 20.6 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Is Snoqualmie growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -434 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -3.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 3 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Snoqualmie?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1115.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 51% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Snoqualmie?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 67.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
0.5%
Bachelor's degree+
67.1%
Matched public schools
4
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Snoqualmie?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
4.7×
Home value
$919,300
Household income
$197,531
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.5% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Washington average
B+
City profile score · Snoqualmie, WA
79/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$197,531
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A+
0.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
67.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime A
45 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living F
107.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Snoqualmie profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $197,531
Poverty rate: 96/100 (A+) · 0.5%
Bachelor's+ share: 96/100 (A+) · 67.1%
Violent crime: 85/100 (A) · 45 /100k
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
Where Snoqualmie sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Snoqualmie's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Snoqualmie highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Snoqualmie, WA (this city): home $919,300, crime 1,116/100k
Auburn, CA : home $642,400, crime 1,043/100k
Maumee, OH : home $185,600, crime 2,596/100k
McMinnville, TN : home $147,200, crime 2,307/100k
Azle, TX : home $263,800, crime 1,878/100k
Woodinville, WA : home $1,032,900, crime 3,072/100k
East Wenatchee, WA : home $414,000, crime 2,235/100k
Lake Forest Park, WA : home $928,700, crime 1,748/100k
How does Snoqualmie compare to other US cities?
Where Snoqualmie sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income98% higher than other cities
Home value96% pricier than other cities
Median rent70% pricier than other cities
Safety59% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Washington and the picture shifts: Snoqualmie ranks #41 of 156 Washington cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Snoqualmie against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Washington only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Washington-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Snoqualmie near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Snoqualmie ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Snoqualmie only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#9 of 565
98th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#29 of 565
95th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#487 of 598
19th percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#18 of 599
97th percentile in Washington
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Washington only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
98th percentile nationally for median household income · 59th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Snoqualmie's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Snoqualmie's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Snoqualmie's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$919,3004th percentilemore affordable than 4% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Snoqualmie's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,289 of 15,516
More affordable than 21% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,441 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.7×, Snoqualmie sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,289 of 15,516 and #2,441 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$197,531Snoqualmie, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Snoqualmie, WA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Snoqualmie, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)67.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)77.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
13,750
Median Income
$197,531
Median Home Value
$919,300
Median Age
37.7
Poverty Rate
0.5%
Labor force participation
77.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
67.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1115.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
45.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1070.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Snoqualmie's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
14,074 residents
2021
13,821 residents
2022
13,653 residents
2023
13,562 residents
2024
13,610 residents
2025
13,640 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
3
housing units authorized
Single-Family
3
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
9
9
0
$4.1M
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
11
11
0
$5.9M
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
3
3
0
$1.6M
Permit volume decreased 67% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
20.6 minutes
Drive Alone
57.6%
Carpool
7.4%
Public Transit
2.0%
Walk
1.0%
Work from Home
29.6%
Other
2.4%
Based on 7,337 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Washington statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $188
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Washington at $188 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Washington statewide averages, not a meter reading for Snoqualmie. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Washington's BEA cost-of-living index is 107.0 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Snoqualmie is $1,472/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Washington statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 70.0 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Washington statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Snoqualmie sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Snoqualmie compares to similar-size Washington cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.