Brier ranks #10 in Washington for health insurance
Brier is ranked on 30 lists against the 284 Washington towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 7.
Longer growing season than 98% of Washington
Not better or worse, just Brier’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Brier does best on
Each list ranks every WA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Brier marked.
Brier lands in the top half on 13 of 20 lists
Each dot is Brier’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in WA, the right end is last. Areas where Brier does best come first.
4 spots from the top 25 for working from home
Lists where Brier sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Brier out-ranks 1 of its 3 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Brier lands in every WA ranking
40 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Sammamish · 100 / 100
#50
Lowest obesity#1 Clyde Hill · 18%
#76
Fewest smokers#1 Clyde Hill · 5%
#47
Most active#1 Snoqualmie · 10%
#42
Fewest uninsured#1 Clyde Hill · 3%
#10
Lowest depression#1 Connell · 20%
#75
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enumclaw · 0.4 mi
#98 People
Most educated#1 Medina · 87.6%
#51
Youngest#1 Mattawa · 21.7
#255
Oldest#1 Port Ludlow · 65.1
#29
Most residents 65+#1 Port Ludlow · 50.3%
#39
Most kids#1 Othello · 40.3%
#195 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montesano · 77.9%
#106
N
Most trails#1 Newcastle · 6.9 mi / sq mi
#106
Most walkable#1 White Center · 167 / sq mi
#109 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Fairchild AFB · 9.7 min
#209 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Ocean Shores · 30%
#222
Most new homes#1 Leavenworth · 34.9 per 1,000
#125
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Peaceful Valley · +74.0%
#82
B
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Burien · 20.0 per home
#102 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Wapato · 1.9 yrs
#241
M
Cheapest rent#1 Medical Lake · $785/mo
#234
Lowest property tax#1 Mattawa · $1,116/yr
#230
Rent easiest to afford#1 Grandview · 34%
Climate
Snowiest#1 Leavenworth · 80 in
#145
Least snow#1 Raymond · 1.1 in
#82
Mildest winters#1 Ocean Shores · 37.5°
Hottest summers#1 Clarkston · 92.9°
Coolest summers#1 Ocean Shores · 65.6°
Longest growing season#1 Port Ludlow · 274 days
#7
Wettest#1 Forks · 109 in
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Port Townsend · 10.6 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Camas · 21.9 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Port Townsend · 42.3 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Sammamish · 5.8
The number on the right is Brier’s spot. All of Washington’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every WA list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.