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%

Orting$3,290/mo

Typical home $551K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.86% · or rent about $2,284/mo · Housing →

Tehaleh$4,420/mo

Typical home $742K (Census) · tax rate 0.85% · or rent about $3,365/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,130 a month, about $13,600 a year, between Tehaleh and Orting.

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

Tehaleh places higher on 11 of 17 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

BOrtingSafer than 57% of U.S. towns –TehalehNot graded

Schools

BOrtingBetter than 58% of districts in the state ATehalehBetter than 88% of districts in the state

Health

B+OrtingHealthier than 70% of U.S. towns ATehalehHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns

6Orting

11Tehaleh

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 275 towns #20#209 Most educatedPeople · 284 towns #204#26 Most walkableOutdoors · 284 towns #64#204 Lowest depressionHealth · 284 towns #253#122 Fewest smokersHealth · 284 towns #158#47 HealthiestHealth · 284 towns #173#64 Most affordableCost of living · 277 towns #127#219 Lowest property taxCost of living · 278 towns #135#227

Left end = #1 in Washington. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Orting’s rankings →

Where they are

Orting and Tehaleh share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

OrtingTehaleh

Orting ↔ Tehaleh2.0 miles apart · They share a border

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

OrtingTehaleh

Snow a year6″6″

January low33°F 33°F

July high76°F 76°F

Growing season (days)202d 202d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)88th 67th

Outdoors & history

OrtingTehaleh

Trails11 mi 53 mi

Conserved land15.5%1.7%

Settled1889 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos12 —

Community

OrtingTehaleh

Library hours a week48 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.

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

OrtingTehaleh

People

Population 8,978Lowest 9,561Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +34% WA: +14.6% —

Median age 34.1±2.8Highest 11% below WA 34±1.5Lowest 11% below WA

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

Kids under 18 26.5%±3.8Lowest WA: 21.4% 33.6%±3.7Highest WA: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 11.2%±1.9Highest WA: 16.6% 9.9%±1.5Lowest WA: 16.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24%Lowest WA: 39.6% 56.8%Highest WA: 39.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±1.2Highest WA: 5.7% 3%±1.5Lowest WA: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $132,877±$10kLowest 35% above WA $155,646±$15kHighest 59% above WA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $493,100±$22kLowest 13% below WA $741,700±$45kHighest 31% above WA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,284±$419Lowest 30% above WA $3,365±$451Highest 91% above WA

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,246Lowest 7% below WA $6,339Highest 39% above WA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 59.2%±27Highest WA: 49.9% 58.1%±35.2Lowest WA: 49.9%

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

Below poverty line 2.4%Highest WA: 9.9% 1.4%Lowest WA: 9.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.5%Lowest WA: 63.8% 92.7%Highest WA: 63.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 2003Lowest 18 yrs newer than WA 2018Highest 33 yrs newer than WA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 40 minLowest 50% above WA 47 minHighest 76% above WA

Work from home 13.1%±3.8Lowest WA: 19.8% 22.2%±5.6Highest WA: 19.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.9%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.36Highest 0.12Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Seattle (10%)Seattle (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TehalehFew work in Orting

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 15.5%Highest 1.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 11.0 miLowest 52.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 4.1 miLowest 6.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Lowest 13Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 93.7Highest 37.4Lowest

Schools

School district Orting School DistrictSumner-Bonney Lake School District

High school in town Orting High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 21.4 —

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.

Orting vs Tehaleh

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,130 more a month in Tehaleh

Tehaleh places higher on 11 of 17 WA lists

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