A city of 230,293, settled in 1871. Home to 131 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Spokane does most differently from other towns.
c. 1885 · Picking apples near Spokane Falls, Wash…24 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 131 places on the National Register.
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Ordered by what stands out in Spokane. Another town gets a different order.
123 miles of trails across 90 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. High Drive Conservation Area | 11.1 mi | 274 |
| 2. Hangman Park | 10.4 mi | 311 |
| 3. Downriver Park | 3.9 mi | 130 |
The typical Spokane home is worth about $396,000, about the same as a year ago, 33% below the Washington typical home.
52% of Spokane’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Spokane Valley (15%), Seattle (3%) and Airway Heights (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.
Spokane reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 97% report less.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 7% of U.S. communities.
The public schools Spokane’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 57% of Washington’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamblen Elementary | PK–6 | 508 | Not graded |
| Hutton Elementary | PK–6 | 492 | Not graded |
| Shiloh Hills Elementary | K–5 | 465 | Not graded |
| Stevens Elementary | PK–5 | 438 | Not graded |
| Lincoln Heights Elementary | PK–6 | 435 | Not graded |
| Franklin Elementary | PK–6 | 428 | Not graded |
Spokane beats the Washington average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 11.
| What stands out | Spokane | WA |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 12.7% | 10.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.3% | 5.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.1% | 9% |
Spokane has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 86°, a January night drops to 25°, and about 45 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
4 colleges in town.
131 places in Spokane on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Washington State
Spokane ( spoh-KAN; Spokane: sƛ̓x̌etkʷ) is a city in and the county seat of Spokane County in the U.S. state of Washington. It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, 110 miles (180 km) south of the Canadian border, twenty miles (30 km) west of the Idaho state line, 279 miles (449 km) southwest of Calgary, and 280 miles (450 km) east of Seattle, via I-90. Spokane is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the second-most populous city in all of Washington (after Seattle), with a population of 228,989 at the 2020 census, while the Spokane metropolitan area has an estimated 605,000 residents. Spokane is the economic an…
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4 towns share a border with Spokane.
