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$5,870/mo

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

Issaquah$6,500/mo

Typical home $1.11M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $2,590/mo · Housing →

The difference: $630 a month, about $7,500 a year, between Issaquah 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.

Report cards

Issaquah places higher on 15 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

BBothellSafer than 55% of U.S. towns –IssaquahNot graded

Schools

A+BothellBetter than 95% of districts in the state A+IssaquahBetter than 98% of districts in the state

Health

A+BothellHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns A+IssaquahHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns

6Bothell

15Issaquah

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

Most new homesHousing · 154 towns #35#126 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 104 towns #47#8 Most conserved landOutdoors · 275 towns #88#6 Most walkableOutdoors · 284 towns #57#95 Shortest commuteGetting around · 284 towns #151#114 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 284 towns #44#10 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 284 towns #51#18 Most trailsOutdoors · 236 towns #40#14

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

BothellIssaquah

Snow a year4″4″

January low37°F 36°F

July high77°F 76°F

Growing season (days)259d 223d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)68th 84th

Outdoors & history

BothellIssaquah

Trails26 mi 35 mi

Conserved land6%25.8%

Settled1870 1892

National Register places7 4

Archive photos—5

Famous people born here15 16

Community

BothellIssaquah

Library hours a week52 hrs 43 hrs

Colleges in town2 —

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

17 miles apart

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

BothellIssaquah

Bothell ↔ Issaquah17 miles apart

Who commutes between them

210 Issaquah residents work in Bothell (1.1% of its workers)

Work & commute in Issaquah →

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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

BothellIssaquah

People

Population 49,610Highest 39,591Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +43.7%Highest WA: +14.6% +31.6%Lowest WA: +14.6%

Median age 38.6±1Highest about the WA average 37.5±0.7Lowest about the WA average

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

Kids under 18 23.5%±1.9Highest WA: 21.4% 20.8%±1.9Lowest WA: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 14.7%±1.2Highest WA: 16.6% 14.5%±1.3Lowest WA: 16.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 59.8%Lowest WA: 39.6% 70.5%Highest WA: 39.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±0.7Highest WA: 5.7% 3.9%±1.3Lowest WA: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $140,427±$8kLowest 43% above WA $154,669±$14kHighest 58% above WA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $925,100±$28kLowest 64% above WA $963,000±$50kHighest 71% above WA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,346±$65Lowest 33% above WA $2,590±$115Highest 47% above WA

Property taxmedian, yearly $7,312 60% above WA $7,312 60% above WA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.2%±5.3Highest WA: 49.9% 39.3%±5.5Lowest WA: 49.9%

Below poverty line 4.8%Lowest WA: 9.9% 5.2%Highest WA: 9.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 65.5%Highest WA: 63.8% 57.4%Lowest WA: 63.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1992Lowest 7 yrs newer than WA 2002Highest 17 yrs newer than WA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 4% above WA 25 minLowest 5% below WA

Work from home 32.9%±2.8Lowest WA: 19.8% 38.8%±3.6Highest WA: 19.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 8.9%Lowest 10.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.3 miLowest 11.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.42Lowest 1.59Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Seattle (26%)Seattle (32%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Issaquah1% work in Bothell

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6%Lowest 25.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 25.7 miLowest 35.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.9 miLowest 2.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 15Lowest 46Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 97.0Highest 81.4Lowest

Schools

School district Northshore School DistrictIssaquah School District

High school in town Bothell High SchoolIssaquah High School

Students per teacherat that high school 20.1Lowest 22.0Highest

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 vs Issaquah

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $630 more a month in Issaquah

Issaquah places higher on 15 of 21 WA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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