Edmonds ranks #23 in Washington for affordable rent
Edmonds is ranked on 36 lists against the 284 Washington towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 10.
Longer growing season than 98% of Washington
Not better or worse, just Edmonds’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Edmonds does best on
Each list ranks every WA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Edmonds marked.
Edmonds lands in the top half on 14 of 22 lists
Each dot is Edmonds’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in WA, the right end is last. Areas where Edmonds does best come first.
1 spot from the top 25 for fewest smokers
Lists where Edmonds sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Edmonds out-ranks 3 of its 4 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 Edmonds 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
#38
Lowest obesity#1 Clyde Hill · 18%
#68
Fewest smokers#1 Clyde Hill · 5%
#26
Most active#1 Snoqualmie · 10%
#42
Fewest uninsured#1 Clyde Hill · 3%
#44
Lowest depression#1 Connell · 20%
#39
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enumclaw · 0.4 mi
#160 People
Most educated#1 Medina · 87.6%
#35
Youngest#1 Mattawa · 21.7
#252
Oldest#1 Port Ludlow · 65.1
#33
Most residents 65+#1 Port Ludlow · 50.3%
#37
Most kids#1 Othello · 40.3%
#258 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montesano · 77.9%
#89
N
Most trails#1 Newcastle · 6.9 mi / sq mi
#81
Most walkable#1 White Center · 167 / sq mi
#44 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Wapato · 1.9 yrs
#247
M
Cheapest rent#1 Medical Lake · $785/mo
#183
Lowest property tax#1 Mattawa · $1,116/yr
#218
Rent easiest to afford#1 Grandview · 34%
#23 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Fairchild AFB · 9.7 min
#135 Safety
Safest#1 Sammamish · 5.8
#77 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Ocean Shores · 30%
#92
Most new homes#1 Leavenworth · 34.9 per 1,000
#119
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Peaceful Valley · +74.0%
#159
B
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Burien · 20.0 per home
#37 
The number on the right is Edmonds’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.