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%

Camas$4,470/mo

Typical home $747K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.89% · or rent about $2,090/mo · Housing →

Bothell West$4,850/mo

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

The difference: $380 a month, about $4,600 a year, between Bothell West and Camas.

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

Bothell West 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

A−CamasSafer than 76% of U.S. towns –Bothell WestNot graded

Schools

A+CamasBetter than 97% of districts in the state ABothell WestBetter than 88% of districts in the state

Health

ACamasHealthier than 88% of U.S. towns A+Bothell WestHealthier than 96% of U.S. towns

6Camas

12Bothell West

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 284 towns #130#12 Shortest commuteGetting around · 284 towns #101#216 Most trailsOutdoors · 236 towns #58#144 Most conserved landOutdoors · 275 towns #125#225 Lowest depressionHealth · 284 towns #122#39 Lowest obesityHealth · 284 towns #125#58 Cheapest rentCost of living · 274 towns #208#256 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 104 towns #20#2

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

CamasBothell West

Snow a year4″4″

January low36°F 37°F

July high82°F 77°F

Growing season (days)247d 259d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)42nd 67th

Outdoors & history

CamasBothell West

Trails26 mi 3 mi

Conserved land4.6%1.3%

Settled1883 —

National Register places4 —

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here9 —

Community

CamasBothell West

Library hours a week49 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

153 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CamasWA Bothell WestWA

Camas ↔ Bothell West153 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

CamasBothell West

People

Population 27,007Highest 22,029Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +34.7%Highest WA: +14.6% +32.6%Lowest WA: +14.6%

Median age 40.7±0.9Highest 6% above WA 38±1.5Lowest about the WA average

Kids under 18 29.2%±2.3Highest WA: 21.4% 23.4%±2.2Lowest WA: 21.4%

Age 65+ 13.2%±1.5Highest WA: 16.6% 11.1%±1.1Lowest WA: 16.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 54.8%Lowest WA: 39.6% 56.2%Highest WA: 39.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.4%±1 WA: 5.7% 4.4%±1.1 WA: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $141,126±$7kLowest 44% above WA $153,449±$14kHighest 56% above WA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $711,700±$23kLowest 26% above WA $824,900±$27kHighest 46% above WA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,090±$214Lowest 19% above WA $2,511±$171Highest 43% above WA

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,361Highest 40% above WA $6,304Lowest 38% above WA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 44.3%±7.8Highest WA: 49.9% 34.3%±10.1Lowest WA: 49.9%

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

Below poverty line 5%Highest WA: 9.9% 3%Lowest WA: 9.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.3%Lowest WA: 63.8% 78.6%Highest WA: 63.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 2001Highest 16 yrs newer than WA 1993Lowest 8 yrs newer than WA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 8% below WA 32 minHighest 20% above WA

Work from home 27.3%±2.8Lowest WA: 19.8% 27.4%±2.6Highest WA: 19.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 13.5%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 12.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.88Highest 0.12Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Vancouver (28%)Seattle (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Bothell WestFew work in Camas

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.6%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 26.4 miHighest 3.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.6 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 26Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 64.1Lowest 127Highest

Schools

School district Camas School DistrictEdmonds School District · Northshore School District

High school in town Camas High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 22.6 —

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.

Camas vs Bothell West

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $380 more a month in Bothell West

Bothell West places higher on 12 of 19 WA lists

What daily life feels like in each

153 miles apart

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