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 →

Edgewood$4,360/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

12Enumclaw

6Edgewood

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

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

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

EnumclawEdgewood

Snow a year4″6″

January low34°F 33°F

July high77°F 76°F

Growing season (days)204d 202d

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

Outdoors & history

EnumclawEdgewood

Trails5 mi 2 mi

Conserved land16.5%2.1%

Settled1885 —

National Register places2 —

Archive photos4 17

Community

EnumclawEdgewood

Library hours a week52 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.

EnumclawEdgewood

Enumclaw ↔ Edgewood14 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

EnumclawEdgewood

People

Population 12,798Lowest 13,032Highest

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

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

Enumclaw and Edgewood 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% 24.3%±3.5Highest 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+ 19.9%±3.3Highest WA: 16.6% 13.9%±2.6Lowest WA: 16.6%

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±1.2Lowest WA: 5.7% 4.4%±1.3Highest 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 $121,250±$9kHighest 24% above WA $116,132±$13kLowest 18% 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 $524,600±$32kLowest 7% below WA $712,000±$48kHighest 26% above WA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,954±$215Lowest 11% above WA $2,034±$160Highest 16% 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 $3,933Lowest 14% below WA $6,214Highest 36% above WA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47.4%±11.4Lowest WA: 49.9% 53.3%±14.4Highest 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 7.5%Highest WA: 9.9% 4.6%Lowest WA: 9.9%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 13.8%±4.2Lowest WA: 19.8% 21.4%±3.7Highest 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 17%Highest 1.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miHighest 11.8 miLowest

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

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

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 16.5%Highest 2.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.9 miHighest 1.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 14Highest 5Lowest

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

Schools

School district Enumclaw School DistrictFife School District · Puyallup School District

High school in town Enumclaw Sr High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 21.3 —

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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 Edgewood

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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