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%

Edgewood$4,360/mo

Typical home $731K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.87% · or rent about $2,034/mo · Housing →

Enumclaw$3,910/mo

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

The difference: $460 a month, about $5,500 a year, between Edgewood and Enumclaw.

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 12 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

CEdgewoodSafer than 33% of U.S. towns B−EnumclawSafer than 52% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+EdgewoodBetter than 68% of districts in the state B+EnumclawBetter than 73% of districts in the state

Health

A−EdgewoodHealthier than 80% of U.S. towns AEnumclawHealthier than 89% of U.S. towns

6Edgewood

12Enumclaw

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 275 towns #197#16 Lowest obesityHealth · 284 towns #175#38 Most trailsOutdoors · 236 towns #224#121 Most walkableOutdoors · 284 towns #180#63 Lowest property taxCost of living · 278 towns #219#123 Most new homesHousing · 154 towns #37#81 Most affordableCost of living · 277 towns #210#139 Shortest commuteGetting around · 284 towns #162#234

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

EdgewoodEnumclaw

Snow a year6″4″

January low33°F 34°F

July high76°F 77°F

Growing season (days)202d 204d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)75th 76th

Outdoors & history

EdgewoodEnumclaw

Trails2 mi 5 mi

Conserved land2.1%16.5%

Settled—1885

National Register places—2

Archive photos17 4

Community

EdgewoodEnumclaw

Library hours a week—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

14 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EdgewoodEnumclaw

Edgewood ↔ Enumclaw14 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

EdgewoodEnumclaw

People

Population 13,032Highest 12,798Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +31.3%Highest WA: +14.6% +17.6%Lowest WA: +14.6%

Median age 38.8±1.2Lowest about the WA average 42.1±2.1Highest 10% above WA

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

Kids under 18 24.3%±3.5Highest WA: 21.4% 20.6%±2.9Lowest WA: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 13.9%±2.6Lowest WA: 16.6% 19.9%±3.3Highest WA: 16.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 33.6%Highest WA: 39.6% 27.3%Lowest WA: 39.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.4%±1.3Highest WA: 5.7% 3.4%±1.2Lowest WA: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $116,132±$13kLowest 18% above WA $121,250±$9kHighest 24% above WA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $712,000±$48kHighest 26% above WA $524,600±$32kLowest 7% below WA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,034±$160Highest 16% above WA $1,954±$215Lowest 11% above WA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,214Highest 36% above WA $3,933Lowest 14% below WA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 53.3%±14.4Highest WA: 49.9% 47.4%±11.4Lowest WA: 49.9%

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

Below poverty line 4.6%Lowest WA: 9.9% 7.5%Highest WA: 9.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 68%Lowest WA: 63.8% 74.3%Highest WA: 63.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Highest 10 yrs newer than WA 1986Lowest 1 yr newer than WA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minLowest 6% above WA 33 minHighest 24% above WA

Work from home 21.4%±3.7Highest WA: 19.8% 13.8%±4.2Lowest WA: 19.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.4%Lowest 17%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 19.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.24Lowest 0.82Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Seattle (12%)Seattle (13%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.1%Lowest 16.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.7 miLowest 4.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Lowest 14Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 49.7Lowest 95.2Highest

Schools

School district Fife School District · Puyallup School DistrictEnumclaw School District

High school in town None in townEnumclaw Sr High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 21.3

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.

Edgewood vs Enumclaw

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $460 more a month in Edgewood

Enumclaw places higher on 12 of 21 WA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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