Five Corners ranks #9 in Washington for affordable rent
Five Corners is ranked on 32 lists against the 284 Washington towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Five Corners does best on
Each list ranks every WA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Five Corners marked.
Five Corners lands in the top half on 8 of 19 lists
Each dot is Five Corners’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in WA, the right end is last. Areas where Five Corners does best come first.
Steadier prices than 92% of Washington
Not better or worse, just Five Corners’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Five Corners 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 Five Corners 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Wapato · 1.9 yrs
#103
M
Cheapest rent#1 Medical Lake · $785/mo
#212
Lowest property tax#1 Mattawa · $1,116/yr
#108
Rent easiest to afford#1 Grandview · 34%
#9 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montesano · 77.9%
#212
N
Most trails#1 Newcastle · 6.9 mi / sq mi
#149
Most walkable#1 White Center · 167 / sq mi
#32 
Health
Healthiest#1 Sammamish · 100 / 100
#206
Lowest obesity#1 Clyde Hill · 18%
#196
Fewest smokers#1 Clyde Hill · 5%
#212
Most active#1 Snoqualmie · 10%
#206
Fewest uninsured#1 Clyde Hill · 3%
#166
Lowest depression#1 Connell · 20%
#214
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enumclaw · 0.4 mi
#54 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Fairchild AFB · 9.7 min
#132 People
Most educated#1 Medina · 87.6%
#186
Youngest#1 Mattawa · 21.7
#125
Oldest#1 Port Ludlow · 65.1
#160
Most residents 65+#1 Port Ludlow · 50.3%
#176
Most kids#1 Othello · 40.3%
#138 Climate
Snowiest#1 Leavenworth · 80 in
#121
Least snow#1 Raymond · 1.1 in
#123
Mildest winters#1 Ocean Shores · 37.5°
#99
Hottest summers#1 Clarkston · 92.9°
#69
Coolest summers#1 Ocean Shores · 65.6°
#196
Longest growing season#1 Port Ludlow · 274 days
#73
Wettest#1 Forks · 109 in
#77 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Ocean Shores · 30%
#136
Most new homes#1 Leavenworth · 34.9 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Peaceful Valley · +74.0%
#238
B
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Burien · 20.0 per home
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 Five Corners’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.