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%

Enumclaw$3,910/mo

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

Blaine$3,130/mo

Typical home $538K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $1,450/mo · Housing →

The difference: $780 a month, about $9,300 a year, between Enumclaw and Blaine.

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 13 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

B−EnumclawSafer than 52% of U.S. towns C+BlaineSafer than 36% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+EnumclawBetter than 73% of districts in the state B−BlaineBetter than 52% of districts in the state

Health

AEnumclawHealthier than 89% of U.S. towns BBlaineHealthier than 65% of U.S. towns

13Enumclaw

7Blaine

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

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 284 towns #1#233 Shortest commuteGetting around · 284 towns #234#36 Most conserved landOutdoors · 275 towns #16#170 Most activeHealth · 284 towns #42#178 Fewest smokersHealth · 284 towns #82#212 Most walkableOutdoors · 284 towns #63#189 Most new homesHousing · 154 towns #81#13 HealthiestHealth · 284 towns #68#187

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

EnumclawBlaine

Snow a year4″9″

January low34°F 34°F

July high77°F 73°F

Growing season (days)204d 219d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)76th 56th

Outdoors & history

EnumclawBlaine

Trails5 mi 4 mi

Conserved land16.5%2.7%

Settled1885 1858

National Register places2 2

Archive photos4 12

Famous people born here—1

Community

EnumclawBlaine

Library hours a week52 hrs 53 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

128 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EnumclawWA BlaineWA

Enumclaw ↔ Blaine128 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

EnumclawBlaine

People

Population 12,798Highest 6,100Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +17.6%Lowest WA: +14.6% +25.6%Highest WA: +14.6%

Median age 42.1±2.1Lowest 10% above WA 43.4±7.5Highest 13% above WA

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

Kids under 18 20.6%±2.9Lowest WA: 21.4% 21%±4.1Highest WA: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 19.9%±3.3Lowest WA: 16.6% 26.2%±4.3Highest WA: 16.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.3%Lowest WA: 39.6% 31.9%Highest WA: 39.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±1.2Highest WA: 5.7% 3%±1.5Lowest WA: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $121,250±$9kHighest 24% above WA $84,030±$8kLowest 14% below WA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $524,600±$32kLowest 7% below WA $549,600±$65kHighest about the WA average

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,954±$215Highest 11% above WA $1,450±$170Lowest 18% below WA

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,933Highest 14% below WA $3,790Lowest 17% below WA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47.4%±11.4Highest WA: 49.9% 39.5%±13.3Lowest WA: 49.9%

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

Below poverty line 7.5%Lowest WA: 9.9% 13.1%Highest WA: 9.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.3%Highest WA: 63.8% 71.1%Lowest WA: 63.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Lowest 1 yr newer than WA 1994Highest 9 yrs newer than WA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 24% above WA 18 minLowest 31% below WA

Work from home 13.8%±4.2Lowest WA: 19.8% 22.2%±5.5Highest WA: 19.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 17%Lowest 17.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 mi 19.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.82Lowest 1.13Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Seattle (13%)Bellingham (24%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BlaineFew work in Enumclaw

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 16.5%Highest 2.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.9 miHighest 4.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 14Highest 7Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 95.2Highest 45.7Lowest

Schools

School district Enumclaw School DistrictBlaine School District

High school in town Enumclaw Sr High SchoolBlaine High School

Students per teacherat that high school 21.3Highest 20.6Lowest

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Enumclaw vs Blaine

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $780 more a month in Enumclaw

Enumclaw places higher on 13 of 21 WA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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