Orchards ranks #9 in Washington for walkable streets
Orchards 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 2.
Steadier prices than 95% of Washington
Not better or worse, just Orchards’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Orchards does best on
Each list ranks every WA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Orchards marked.
Orchards lands in the top half on 10 of 19 lists
Each dot is Orchards’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in WA, the right end is last. Areas where Orchards does best come first.
Orchards out-ranks 0 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 Orchards 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.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montesano · 77.9%
#217
N
Most trails#1 Newcastle · 6.9 mi / sq mi
#105
Most walkable#1 White Center · 167 / sq mi
#9 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Wapato · 1.9 yrs
#106
M
Cheapest rent#1 Medical Lake · $785/mo
#152
Lowest property tax#1 Mattawa · $1,116/yr
#117
Rent easiest to afford#1 Grandview · 34%
#32 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Fairchild AFB · 9.7 min
#118 Health
Healthiest#1 Sammamish · 100 / 100
#214
Lowest obesity#1 Clyde Hill · 18%
#215
Fewest smokers#1 Clyde Hill · 5%
#212
Most active#1 Snoqualmie · 10%
#206
Fewest uninsured#1 Clyde Hill · 3%
#201
Lowest depression#1 Connell · 20%
#253
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enumclaw · 0.4 mi
#85 People
Most educated#1 Medina · 87.6%
#197
Youngest#1 Mattawa · 21.7
#68
Oldest#1 Port Ludlow · 65.1
#218
Most residents 65+#1 Port Ludlow · 50.3%
#236
Most kids#1 Othello · 40.3%
#77 Climate
Snowiest#1 Leavenworth · 80 in
#121
Least snow#1 Raymond · 1.1 in
#123
Mildest winters#1 Ocean Shores · 37.5°
#85
Hottest summers#1 Clarkston · 92.9°
#67
Coolest summers#1 Ocean Shores · 65.6°
#194
Longest growing season#1 Port Ludlow · 274 days
#73
Wettest#1 Forks · 109 in
#37 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Ocean Shores · 30%
#100
Most new homes#1 Leavenworth · 34.9 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Peaceful Valley · +74.0%
#246
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 Orchards’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.