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%

Bothell East$6,680/mo

Typical home $1.13M (Census) · tax rate 0.79% · or rent about $2,406/mo · Housing →

Bothell$5,870/mo

Typical home $995K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.79% · or rent about $2,346/mo · Housing →

The difference: $810 a month, about $9,700 a year, between Bothell East and Bothell.

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.

Where they are

Bothell East and Bothell share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Bothell EastBothell

Bothell East ↔ Bothell2.5 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

522 Bothell East residents work in Bothell (7.9% of its workers)

Work & commute in Bothell East →

Report cards

Bothell places higher on 8 of 19 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

–Bothell EastNot graded BBothellSafer than 55% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+Bothell EastBetter than 95% of districts in the state A+BothellBetter than 95% of districts in the state

Health

A+Bothell EastHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns A+BothellHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns

7Bothell East

8Bothell

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 275 towns #254#88 Most trailsOutdoors · 236 towns #110#40 Shortest commuteGetting around · 284 towns #204#151 Highest incomeIncome · 284 towns #7#50 Most walkableOutdoors · 284 towns #19#57 Lowest depressionHealth · 284 towns #2#39 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 284 towns #88#51 Lowest property taxCost of living · 278 towns #266#249

Left end = #1 in Washington. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Bothell East’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

Bothell EastBothell

Snow a year4″4″

January low37°F 37°F

July high77°F 77°F

Growing season (days)259d 259d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)56th 68th

Outdoors & history

Bothell EastBothell

Trails2 mi 26 mi

Conserved land0.5%6%

Settled—1870

National Register places2 7

Famous people born here—15

Community

Bothell EastBothell

Library hours a week—52 hrs

Colleges in town—2

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.

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

Bothell EastBothell

People

Population 14,578Lowest 49,610Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +74.2%Highest WA: +14.6% +43.7%Lowest WA: +14.6%

Median age 34.5±1.4Lowest 10% below WA 38.6±1Highest about the WA average

Kids under 18 29.3%±2.3Highest WA: 21.4% 23.5%±1.9Lowest WA: 21.4%

Age 65+ 7.1%±1.4Lowest WA: 16.6% 14.7%±1.2Highest WA: 16.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 65.9%Highest WA: 39.6% 59.8%Lowest WA: 39.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.4%±1.4Highest WA: 5.7% 5.2%±0.7Lowest WA: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $198,882±$31kHighest 103% above WA $140,427±$8kLowest 43% above WA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $1,131,600±$32kHighest 100% above WA $925,100±$28kLowest 64% above WA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,406±$95Highest 37% above WA $2,346±$65Lowest 33% above WA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $8,991Highest 97% above WA $7,312Lowest 60% above WA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47.1%±13.1Lowest WA: 49.9% 51.2%±5.3Highest WA: 49.9%

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

Below poverty line 3.6%Lowest WA: 9.9% 4.8%Highest WA: 9.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59.3%Lowest WA: 63.8% 65.5%Highest WA: 63.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 2006Highest 21 yrs newer than WA 1992Lowest 7 yrs newer than WA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minHighest 17% above WA 28 minLowest 4% above WA

Work from home 34.4%±4.7Highest WA: 19.8% 32.9%±2.8Lowest WA: 19.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.6%Lowest 8.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.15Lowest 1.42Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Seattle (25%)Seattle (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 8% work in BothellFew work in Bothell East

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.5%Lowest 6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.2 miLowest 25.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miLowest 1.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 15Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 118Highest 97.0Lowest

Schools

School district —Northshore School District

High school in town —Bothell High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 20.1

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

Deciding?

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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.

Bothell East vs Bothell

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $810 more a month in Bothell East

Bothell East and Bothell share a border

Bothell places higher on 8 of 19 WA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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