A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Blaine$3,130/mo

Typical home $538K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $1,450/mo · Housing →

Enumclaw$3,910/mo

Typical home $666K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.75% · or rent about $1,954/mo · Housing →

The difference: $780 a month, about $9,300 a year, between Enumclaw and Blaine.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Enumclaw places higher on 13 of 21 WA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Washington ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C+BlaineSafer than 36% of U.S. towns B−EnumclawSafer than 52% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−BlaineBetter than 52% of districts in the state B+EnumclawBetter than 73% of districts in the state

Health

BBlaineHealthier than 65% of U.S. towns AEnumclawHealthier than 89% of U.S. towns

7Blaine

13Enumclaw

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 284 towns #233#1 Shortest commuteGetting around · 284 towns #36#234 Most conserved landOutdoors · 275 towns #170#16 Most activeHealth · 284 towns #178#42 Fewest smokersHealth · 284 towns #212#82 Most walkableOutdoors · 284 towns #189#63 Most new homesHousing · 154 towns #13#81 HealthiestHealth · 284 towns #187#68

Left end = #1 in Washington. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Blaine’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BlaineEnumclaw

Snow a year9″4″

January low34°F 34°F

July high73°F 77°F

Growing season (days)219d 204d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)56th 76th

Outdoors & history

BlaineEnumclaw

Trails4 mi 5 mi

Conserved land2.7%16.5%

Settled1858 1885

National Register places2 2

Archive photos12 4

Famous people born here1 —

Community

BlaineEnumclaw

Library hours a week53 hrs 52 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

128 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BlaineWA EnumclawWA

Blaine ↔ Enumclaw128 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Washington average

BlaineEnumclaw

People

Population 6,100Lowest 12,798Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +25.6%Highest WA: +14.6% +17.6%Lowest WA: +14.6%

Median age 43.4±7.5Highest 13% above WA 42.1±2.1Lowest 10% above WA

Blaine and Enumclaw are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 21%±4.1Highest WA: 21.4% 20.6%±2.9Lowest WA: 21.4%

Blaine and Enumclaw are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 26.2%±4.3Highest WA: 16.6% 19.9%±3.3Lowest WA: 16.6%

Blaine and Enumclaw are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 31.9%Highest WA: 39.6% 27.3%Lowest WA: 39.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3%±1.5Lowest WA: 5.7% 3.4%±1.2Highest WA: 5.7%

Enumclaw and Blaine are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $84,030±$8kLowest 14% below WA $121,250±$9kHighest 24% above WA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $549,600±$65kHighest about the WA average $524,600±$32kLowest 7% below WA

Blaine and Enumclaw are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,450±$170Lowest 18% below WA $1,954±$215Highest 11% above WA

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,790Lowest 17% below WA $3,933Highest 14% below WA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 39.5%±13.3Lowest WA: 49.9% 47.4%±11.4Highest WA: 49.9%

Enumclaw and Blaine are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 13.1%Highest WA: 9.9% 7.5%Lowest WA: 9.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.1%Lowest WA: 63.8% 74.3%Highest WA: 63.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1994Highest 9 yrs newer than WA 1986Lowest 1 yr newer than WA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 31% below WA 33 minHighest 24% above WA

Work from home 22.2%±5.5Highest WA: 19.8% 13.8%±4.2Lowest WA: 19.8%

Blaine and Enumclaw are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 17.2%Highest 17%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 mi 19.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.13Highest 0.82Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Bellingham (24%)Seattle (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in EnumclawFew work in Blaine

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.7%Lowest 16.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.4 miLowest 4.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 14Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 45.7Lowest 95.2Highest

Schools

School district Blaine School DistrictEnumclaw School District

High school in town Blaine High SchoolEnumclaw Sr High School

Students per teacherat that high school 20.6Lowest 21.3Highest

Washington average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Blaine vs Enumclaw

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $780 more a month in Enumclaw

Enumclaw places higher on 13 of 21 WA lists

What daily life feels like in each

128 miles apart

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