Summit View ranks #28 in Washington for growth
Summit View is ranked on 30 lists against the 284 Washington towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 1.
Fewer seniors than 90% of Washington
Not better or worse, just Summit View’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Summit View out-ranks 1 of its 2 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.
Summit View lands in the top half on 8 of 17 lists
Each dot is Summit View’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in WA, the right end is last. Areas where Summit View does best come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for growth
Lists where Summit View sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
The lists Summit View does best on
Each list ranks every WA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Summit View marked.
Where Summit View 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
#160
Lowest obesity#1 Clyde Hill · 18%
#215
Fewest smokers#1 Clyde Hill · 5%
#116
Most active#1 Snoqualmie · 10%
#106
Fewest uninsured#1 Clyde Hill · 3%
#129
Lowest depression#1 Connell · 20%
#214
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enumclaw · 0.4 mi
#106 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Wapato · 1.9 yrs
#138
M
Cheapest rent#1 Medical Lake · $785/mo
#176
Lowest property tax#1 Mattawa · $1,116/yr
#198
Rent easiest to afford#1 Grandview · 34%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Fairchild AFB · 9.7 min
#178 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montesano · 77.9%
#258
N
Most trails#1 Newcastle · 6.9 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 White Center · 167 / sq mi
#123 People
Most educated#1 Medina · 87.6%
#225
Youngest#1 Mattawa · 21.7
#86
Oldest#1 Port Ludlow · 65.1
#202
Most residents 65+#1 Port Ludlow · 50.3%
#255
Most kids#1 Othello · 40.3%
#239 Climate
Snowiest#1 Leavenworth · 80 in
#93
Least snow#1 Raymond · 1.1 in
#140
Mildest winters#1 Ocean Shores · 37.5°
#118
Hottest summers#1 Clarkston · 92.9°
#125
Coolest summers#1 Ocean Shores · 65.6°
#148
Longest growing season#1 Port Ludlow · 274 days
#175
Wettest#1 Forks · 109 in
#107 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Ocean Shores · 30%
#207
Most new homes#1 Leavenworth · 34.9 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Peaceful Valley · +74.0%
#199
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 Summit View’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.