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 West$4,850/mo

Typical home $825K (Census) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $2,511/mo · Housing →

Bothell$5,870/mo

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

The difference: $1,020 a month, about $12,300 a year, between Bothell and Bothell West.

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 West and Bothell share a border

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

Bothell WestBothell

Bothell West ↔ Bothell2.8 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

685 Bothell West residents work in Bothell (6.5% of its workers)

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Report cards

Bothell places higher on 12 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 WestNot graded BBothellSafer than 55% of U.S. towns

Schools

ABothell WestBetter than 88% of districts in the state A+BothellBetter than 95% of districts in the state

Health

A+Bothell WestHealthier than 96% of U.S. towns A+BothellHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns

5Bothell West

12Bothell

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 275 towns #225#88 Most trailsOutdoors · 236 towns #144#40 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 104 towns #2#47 Shortest commuteGetting around · 284 towns #216#151 Most walkableOutdoors · 284 towns #12#57 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 284 towns #95#51 Lowest obesityHealth · 284 towns #58#19 Lowest property taxCost of living · 278 towns #223#249

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

Snow a year4″4″

January low37°F 37°F

July high77°F 77°F

Growing season (days)259d 259d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)67th 68th

Outdoors & history

Bothell WestBothell

Trails3 mi 26 mi

Conserved land1.3%6%

Settled—1870

National Register places—7

Famous people born here—15

Community

Bothell WestBothell

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 WestBothell

People

Population 22,029Lowest 49,610Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +32.6%Lowest WA: +14.6% +43.7%Highest WA: +14.6%

Median age 38±1.5Lowest about the WA average 38.6±1Highest about the WA average

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

Kids under 18 23.4%±2.2Lowest WA: 21.4% 23.5%±1.9Highest WA: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 11.1%±1.1Lowest WA: 16.6% 14.7%±1.2Highest WA: 16.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 56.2%Lowest WA: 39.6% 59.8%Highest WA: 39.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.4%±1.1Lowest WA: 5.7% 5.2%±0.7Highest WA: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $153,449±$14kHighest 56% above WA $140,427±$8kLowest 43% above WA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $824,900±$27kLowest 46% above WA $925,100±$28kHighest 64% above WA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,511±$171Highest 43% above WA $2,346±$65Lowest 33% above WA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,304Lowest 38% above WA $7,312Highest 60% above WA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 34.3%±10.1Lowest WA: 49.9% 51.2%±5.3Highest WA: 49.9%

Below poverty line 3%Lowest WA: 9.9% 4.8%Highest WA: 9.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.6%Highest WA: 63.8% 65.5%Lowest WA: 63.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1993Highest 8 yrs newer than WA 1992Lowest 7 yrs newer than WA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minHighest 20% above WA 28 minLowest 4% above WA

Work from home 27.4%±2.6Lowest WA: 19.8% 32.9%±2.8Highest WA: 19.8%

Work in townworking residents 0.5%Lowest 8.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.12Lowest 1.42Highest

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 7% work in BothellFew work in Bothell West

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Lowest 6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.0 miLowest 25.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miLowest 1.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 15Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 127Highest 97.0Lowest

Schools

School district Edmonds School District · Northshore School DistrictNorthshore School District

High school in town None in townBothell High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 20.1

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

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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 West vs Bothell

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,020 more a month in Bothell

Bothell West and Bothell share a border

Bothell places higher on 12 of 19 WA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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