Towns

Small towns in Washington

149 small towns, communities and small cities of 1,000 to 75,000 people, plus 120 smaller suburbs, marked as suburbs. In the parts of Washington outside metro areas, everyday prices run 2.6% below the U.S. average, and housing 16% below.

Closest to a big city

  1. Indianola12 miles to Seattle
  2. Vashon15 miles to Seattle
  3. Hockinson16 miles to Portland
  4. Bremerton18 miles to Seattle
  5. Duvall19 miles to Seattle

Straight-line miles to a metro area of about 1 million people or more.

Lowest home values

  1. George$155,000
  2. Oroville$175,200
  3. Bridgeport$177,000
  4. Wapato$185,100
  5. Warden$189,900

Typical value of an owner-occupied home.

Growing fastest

  1. Ridgefieldup 48% since 2020
  2. Winlockup 44% since 2020
  3. Leavenworthup 43% since 2020
  4. Sultanup 40% since 2020
  5. La Centerup 28% since 2020

College towns

  1. CheneyEastern Washington University
  2. EllensburgCentral Washington University
  3. PullmanWashington State University

Tourist towns

  1. Long Beach40% vacation homes
  2. Westport34% vacation homes
  3. Ocean Shores30% vacation homes
  4. Chelan29% vacation homes
  5. Hansville22% vacation homes

Hospital in town

  1. AberdeenGrays Harbor Community Hospital
  2. AnacortesIsland Hospital
  3. BrewsterThree Rivers Hospital
  4. CentraliaProvidence Centralia Hospital
  5. Chain LakeEvergreenhealth Monroe
  6. ChelanLake Chelan Community Hospital
  7. ChewelahProvidence St. Joseph Hospital
  8. ColvilleProvidence Mount Carmel Hospital

Every town in Washington

Select a column heading to sort. Miles are straight-line. Home values and incomes: Census survey 2020-2024; population: 2025 estimates.

TownPeopleSince 2020Typical homeHousehold incomeMiles to a big cityMiles to an ER
Aberdeen 17,088 +0.3% $237,300 $52,195 82 In town
Ahtanum suburb 3,777 $337,500 $96,149 110 19
Airway Heights suburb 11,811 +9.5% $348,500 $62,874 222 7
Alderton suburb 2,706 $431,500 $97,446 31 3
Alderwood Manor suburb 10,266 $700,900 $105,181 14 3
Algona suburb 3,253 -1% $441,500 $85,332 24 2
Anacortes 18,080 +2.3% $696,700 $91,951 61 In town
Arlington Heights 2,727 $751,100 $127,244 43 3
Artondale suburb 14,073 $734,400 $149,302 26 5
Asotin suburb 1,187 +0.8% $297,200 266 5
Barberton suburb 8,668 $647,300 $133,990 12 In town
Belfair 4,557 $380,400 $88,150 26 13
Benton City 4,019 +15.3% $355,200 $63,542 161 9
Bethel suburb 4,394 $473,900 $79,583 15 9
Birch Bay 10,837 $477,200 $86,854 92 30
Black Diamond suburb 6,978 +44% $779,100 $141,383 26 5
Blaine 6,475 +9.8% $549,600 $84,030 96 34
Bothell East suburb 14,578 $1,131,600 $198,882 15 6
Boulevard Park suburb 4,575 $456,100 $78,954 8 4
Bremerton 45,482 +4.5% $439,400 $74,940 18 13
Brewster 2,093 +5.4% $239,600 $39,241 124 In town
Bridgeport 2,274 +6.7% $177,000 $52,375 127 9
Brier suburb 6,597 +0.8% $866,600 $132,045 12 3
Brush Prairie suburb 2,526 $568,000 $122,827 14 5
Bryant 2,648 $665,500 $121,669 44 5
Bryn Mawr-Skyway suburb 17,638 $655,200 $90,969 10 4
Buckley suburb 5,688 +10.1% $574,100 $124,583 35 4
Bunk Foss suburb 3,627 $831,000 $155,201 26 6
Burbank 3,589 $412,900 $93,158 182 6
Burlington suburb 11,356 +22.9% $466,400 $80,475 59 3
Camano 17,303 $670,800 $105,231 37 11
Canterwood suburb 2,971 $892,400 $159,808 20 In town
Canyon Creek 3,910 $446,300 $77,604 38 8
Carnation 2,471 +14.5% $875,000 $152,763 21 9
Cascade Valley 4,609 $60,715 145 3
Cashmere suburb 3,326 +2.7% $442,900 $64,053 88 9
Castle Rock suburb 2,442 -0.2% $348,600 $69,639 52 10
Central Park 3,206 $335,500 $99,127 78 5
Centralia 19,375 +5.4% $318,200 $56,219 68 In town
Chain Lake 4,950 $873,000 $161,286 26 In town
Chehalis 7,764 +3.7% $372,900 $73,702 72 4
Chelan 4,494 +6% $518,000 $82,637 110 In town
Cheney 12,650 -5.5% $395,900 $54,503 223 14
Chewelah 2,712 +9.7% $267,400 $54,167 219 In town
Chico suburb 3,336 $672,600 $140,500 17 18
Clarkston suburb 7,189 -0.6% $253,500 $54,152 263 In town
Clarkston Heights-Vineland suburb 7,884 $385,900 $101,286 262 In town
Cle Elum 2,288 +5.2% $451,000 $63,973 72 24
Clearview suburb 3,254 $892,000 $192,540 17 8
Clover Creek suburb 7,345 $471,900 $95,061 33 5
Clyde Hill suburb 3,161 +1.1% $2,000,000 or more $250,000 or more 6 2
Colfax 2,667 -3.7% $245,300 $61,914 241 4
College Place suburb 9,923 -0.3% $366,600 $61,914 208 3
Colville 5,116 +4.1% $281,500 $56,558 215 In town
Connell 5,080 -6.8% $313,600 $77,721 178 19
Cosmopolis 1,656 +1.5% $317,000 $84,853 81 2
Coulee Dam 1,241 +2.3% $238,500 $66,732 159 2
Country Homes suburb 6,198 $429,400 $84,653 230 3
Coupeville 1,920 -1.3% $561,000 $81,625 44 In town
Darrington 1,500 +1.2% $419,400 56 24
Davenport 1,818 +6.1% $315,900 $76,849 196 In town
Dayton 2,538 +3.6% $243,600 $70,625 225 In town
Deer Park 5,370 +21.8% $347,000 $54,391 229 18
Desert Aire 2,788 $455,100 $85,960 131 26
DuPont suburb 9,778 -3.3% $583,600 $120,781 38 8
Duvall 9,440 +17.3% $830,100 $197,361 19 9
East Port Orchard suburb 4,725 $435,900 $75,320 14 11
East Renton Highlands suburb 12,582 $778,700 $142,500 16 5
East Wenatchee suburb 14,414 +2% $429,200 $77,558 97 2
Eatonville 2,861 +0.3% $431,000 $114,688 52 21
Edgewood suburb 13,548 +9.1% $712,000 $116,132 27 4
Elk Plain suburb 14,276 $473,500 $107,313 40 10
Ellensburg 21,308 -1.6% $404,100 $55,438 95 In town
Elma 3,534 +2.4% $409,600 $78,086 65 In town
Entiat 1,576 +18.3% $364,500 $76,111 99 15
Enumclaw suburb 13,172 +4.4% $524,600 $121,250 33 In town
Ephrata 8,834 +4.1% $252,000 $69,551 133 In town
Esperance suburb 4,189 $790,700 $148,640 12 In town
Everson 3,254 +11% $450,300 $80,250 89 29
Fairwood (King County) suburb 17,856 $733,200 $122,134 15 3
Fairwood (Spokane County) suburb 10,674 $469,100 $91,988 230 4
Felida suburb 10,841 $674,000 $165,208 13 3
Ferndale suburb 17,559 +16% $549,300 $87,579 86 24
Fife suburb 11,061 +0.7% $543,100 $90,532 27 4
Finley suburb 5,634 $382,500 $92,231 179 5
Fircrest suburb 6,959 -2.9% $583,500 $113,926 28 3
Fobes Hill suburb 2,569 $827,900 $133,553 24 5
Forks 3,488 +2.7% $227,200 97 In town
Fort Lewis suburb 15,167 $58,796 38 5
Fox Island suburb 3,414 $1,003,900 $172,292 29 8
Friday Harbor 2,729 +3.7% $570,400 $80,378 70 In town
George 1,024 +26.9% $155,000 122 10
Gig Harbor suburb 12,630 +4.5% $767,100 $118,395 23 In town
Gleed suburb 2,844 $353,900 $78,529 106 23
Gold Bar 2,561 +6.6% $455,400 $100,729 35 14
Goldendale 3,528 +2.1% $199,300 $39,783 90 In town
Grand Mound 3,287 $411,400 65 6
Grandview 12,062 +10% $265,300 $61,106 141 7
Granger 3,831 +5.3% $210,200 $66,250 131 6
Granite Falls 4,686 +1.8% $562,700 $105,136 37 10
Hansville 3,384 $597,000 $92,426 23 13
High Bridge suburb 3,196 $963,700 $167,337 20 5
Hobart suburb 6,552 $950,300 $160,536 22 6
Hockinson 6,150 $722,200 $113,295 16 8
Hoquiam 8,710 -0.8% $228,200 $49,795 85 5
Ilwaco 1,112 +1.7% $370,300 $98,200 85 In town
Indianola 3,468 $503,800 $98,684 12 9
Kalama 3,165 +6.4% $471,500 $102,026 34 9
Kelso suburb 12,801 +0.6% $337,600 $66,751 42 3
Kettle Falls 1,657 +1.3% $250,000 $48,682 209 9
Key Center 3,544 $613,200 $105,781 27 7
Kittitas 1,440 -0.9% $316,700 $80,278 101 6
La Center 4,433 +27.6% $584,600 $101,708 22 10
Lacey 58,833 +3.6% $457,100 $90,625 45 In town
Lake Cassidy 3,292 $705,000 $113,403 33 7
Lake Forest Park suburb 13,191 -3.1% $953,200 $159,904 10 4
Lake Goodwin 5,536 $718,400 $105,437 36 8
Lake Holm suburb 3,555 $828,600 $177,371 24 4
Lake Morton-Berrydale suburb 11,183 $714,200 $129,833 23 In town
Lake Shore suburb 6,978 $566,100 $130,729 11 3
Lake Stickney suburb 15,890 $620,300 $94,020 18 6
Lake Tapps suburb 12,798 $742,400 $148,005 28 6
Lakeland North suburb 15,950 $557,000 $105,216 20 3
Lakeland South suburb 13,100 $589,300 $110,735 24 2
Langley 1,129 -1.9% $700,700 $77,072 29 10
Larch Way suburb 4,424 $842,600 $160,040 16 5
Leavenworth 3,373 +43% $617,000 $69,943 79 In town
Lexington suburb 4,413 $359,900 $101,389 47 4
Liberty Lake suburb 14,029 +15.6% $577,500 $118,723 244 6
Lochsloy suburb 3,029 $610,200 $106,484 34 9
Long Beach 1,769 +3.8% $362,700 $53,032 88 4
Longbranch 4,638 $396,000 $95,768 34 12
Longview 38,362 +1.3% $361,600 $61,747 45 In town
Longview Heights suburb 4,357 $456,700 $74,570 47 3
Lynden 16,881 +6.7% $596,600 $103,233 92 32
Mabton 1,967 +0.5% $209,400 $56,875 136 8
Maltby suburb 10,910 $1,002,100 $185,457 17 7
Manchester suburb 5,956 $478,200 $126,371 10 11
Maple Heights-Lake Desire suburb 4,113 $876,200 $143,148 17 6
Maplewood suburb 5,803 $708,300 $135,943 20 2
Marietta-Alderwood suburb 3,754 $547,100 $76,019 81 20
Mattawa 3,874 +15.5% 130 29
McCleary 2,053 +1.9% $351,700 $77,813 58 7
Mead suburb 6,893 $408,200 $77,045 233 6
Meadowdale suburb 3,009 $852,400 $173,902 17 4
Medical Lake 4,964 +1.9% $368,700 $79,989 217 14
Medina suburb 2,974 +2.2% $2,000,000 or more $250,000 or more 5 3
Midland suburb 9,050 $412,800 $84,700 31 5
Millwood suburb 1,825 -2.9% $358,900 $83,068 236 2
Milton suburb 8,911 +1.4% $539,700 $96,540 25 3
Minnehaha suburb 11,482 $447,900 $100,668 8 5
Mirrormont suburb 4,019 $973,900 $181,842 20 6
Monroe 20,025 +0% $668,400 $110,461 24 In town
Montesano 4,181 +0.5% $354,300 $67,540 71 9
Morton 1,102 +6.1% $300,900 $57,813 73 In town
Moses Lake 27,469 +8% $310,000 $74,752 148 In town
Moses Lake North 4,517 $242,200 $57,602 145 5
Mount Vernon 35,193 -0.3% $472,300 $75,777 55 In town
Mount Vista suburb 10,764 $586,600 $100,293 14 In town
Moxee 4,765 +8.5% $362,800 $100,512 117 14
Naches 1,083 +0.5% $271,700 $54,286 99 20
Napavine 2,153 +13.4% $419,100 $104,148 74 10
Navy Yard City suburb 2,672 $342,600 $69,852 15 13
Newcastle suburb 13,128 -0.2% $1,205,600 $160,278 11 6
Newport 2,242 +4.4% $303,200 $51,122 248 In town
Nooksack 1,833 +22.3% $524,300 $97,159 90 30
Normandy Park suburb 6,609 -2.1% $1,014,100 $162,476 13 2
North Bend 8,758 +16.7% $1,048,600 $175,109 29 6
North Bonneville 1,415 +1.3% $445,900 $100,417 34 22
North Yelm 2,522 $384,500 $73,725 47 12
Oak Harbor 24,083 -2.2% $461,200 $76,084 48 6
Ocean Shores 7,892 +16.5% $383,500 $58,202 96 16
Okanogan 2,494 +5.1% $248,400 $68,611 138 3
Olympia 56,724 +2% $486,200 $81,302 47 In town
Omak 5,185 +6.7% $248,900 $76,544 142 2
Oroville 1,935 +6.7% $175,200 $39,755 163 17
Orting suburb 8,884 -1.7% $493,100 $132,877 37 7
Othello 9,237 +8% $290,700 $65,849 159 In town
Otis Orchards-East Farms suburb 5,454 $430,500 $97,500 245 7
Pacific suburb 7,056 -2.5% $489,100 $115,625 25 3
Palouse 1,019 +1.3% $286,200 $88,750 252 13
Parkwood suburb 6,873 $441,400 $88,625 13 11
Peaceful Valley 2,858 $317,800 $59,625 92 32
Picnic Point suburb 10,261 $833,800 $129,734 18 5
Pomeroy 1,481 +5.6% $216,700 $52,104 237 In town
Port Angeles 20,146 +0.8% $370,200 $62,606 61 In town
Port Angeles East 3,137 $347,600 $68,241 58 2
Port Hadlock-Irondale 3,884 $351,600 $83,548 35 5
Port Ludlow 2,891 $635,600 $96,103 26 14
Port Orchard suburb 19,839 +27.1% $539,700 $89,795 14 12
Port Townsend 10,678 +4.9% $543,400 $62,606 40 In town
Poulsbo suburb 12,749 +6.6% $620,100 $116,250 16 15
Prairie Heights suburb 4,998 $500,200 $130,640 34 7
Prairie Ridge suburb 12,074 $462,000 $114,356 34 8
Prosser 6,654 +8.4% $314,000 $76,985 146 In town
Pullman 33,756 +2.7% $424,800 $46,812 251 In town
Quincy 8,510 +11.5% $336,800 $87,902 120 In town
Rainier 2,495 +4.7% $425,900 $106,019 53 13
Raymond 3,235 +4.3% $267,500 $48,516 92 4
Republic 1,016 +3.4% $236,200 181 In town
Richland 65,258 +7.2% $436,700 $95,813 169 In town
Ridgefield 16,132 +48.3% $613,500 $116,389 19 7
Ritzville 1,709 -2.1% $227,000 $56,442 189 In town
Rochester 5,834 $445,300 $99,286 65 8
Rock Island suburb 1,753 +36% $273,500 $69,861 105 10
Rosedale suburb 4,208 $887,600 $158,800 23 In town
Royal City 1,896 +5.9% $50,478 137 23
Ruston suburb 1,052 -0.4% $912,700 $116,331 23 4
Sedro-Woolley suburb 13,308 +6.6% $441,700 $80,885 62 2
Selah suburb 8,678 +5.3% $414,600 $74,783 109 22
Sequim 8,215 +1.8% $408,700 $59,707 46 14
Shelton 10,921 +4.7% $345,700 $69,598 45 In town
Sisco Heights 3,015 $735,000 $119,158 36 5
Snohomish suburb 10,719 +5.4% $683,900 $87,250 25 7
Snoqualmie 13,640 -3.1% $977,200 $214,107 23 2
Soap Lake 1,817 +6.6% $250,000 135 6
South Bend 1,790 +2.3% $262,300 95 In town
Stanwood 9,421 +20.8% $593,100 $90,242 43 11
Steilacoom suburb 6,648 -1.4% $655,000 $100,851 33 4
Stevenson 1,596 +7.3% $496,500 $76,563 38 18
Sudden Valley suburb 6,084 $489,200 $100,930 76 16
Sultan 7,230 +39.9% $526,100 $94,730 31 9
Sumas 1,672 +3.8% $441,500 $89,375 95 35
Summit suburb 8,791 $512,600 $106,736 31 4
Summit View suburb 8,480 $524,300 $108,806 33 4
Sumner suburb 10,871 +2.1% $519,900 $98,191 28 4
Suncrest 5,345 $522,500 $100,952 221 12
Sunnyside 16,430 +0.2% $240,700 $60,923 138 In town
Sunnyslope suburb 3,706 $714,200 $135,769 94 5
Suquamish suburb 4,084 $456,100 $86,224 13 13
Tanglewilde suburb 6,314 $444,900 $100,714 44 3
Tehaleh suburb 9,561 $741,700 $155,646 36 7
Tenino 1,941 +3.6% $369,000 $82,639 58 11
Terrace Heights suburb 10,041 $377,300 $83,016 114 17
Three Lakes 4,055 $842,800 $172,879 29 6
Tieton 1,657 +19.8% $230,800 $60,144 98 22
Tonasket 1,133 +3% $210,600 $37,591 154 In town
Toppenish 8,635 -2.1% $230,000 $67,854 126 In town
Town and Country suburb 4,890 $356,800 $92,652 229 2
Tracyton suburb 6,137 $470,200 $103,935 14 15
Twisp 1,126 +12.7% $348,500 115 23
Union Gap suburb 6,617 +0.4% $210,600 $59,651 114 15
Vashon 9,934 $790,700 $120,571 15 6
Venersborg 4,262 $703,900 $118,344 19 10
Waitsburg 1,184 +1.6% $266,400 $67,917 219 9
Walla Walla 34,058 -0.6% $393,600 $66,748 211 In town
Waller suburb 7,683 $512,200 $101,490 29 4
Wapato 4,469 -2.7% $185,100 $52,019 122 7
Warden 2,830 +15% $189,900 $57,743 161 11
Warm Beach 3,442 $671,100 $99,940 38 11
Washougal suburb 18,028 +5.8% $552,300 $106,368 15 5
Waterville 1,156 +2.5% $262,000 $78,589 106 14
Wauna suburb 4,805 $503,300 $103,250 22 3
Wenatchee 35,547 -0.2% $433,700 $73,040 95 In town
West Clarkston-Highland suburb 5,444 $282,500 $51,860 263 In town
West Richland suburb 19,257 +17.7% $448,300 $119,892 166 6
Westport 2,372 +6.8% $196,600 $64,750 97 16
White Center suburb 14,886 $645,200 $87,189 8 4
White Salmon 2,655 +4.5% $614,900 $72,923 58 In town
Winlock 2,640 +43.8% $361,700 $80,451 67 16
Wollochet suburb 6,689 $889,900 $149,271 26 6
Woodinville suburb 14,548 +8.1% $1,100,100 $164,398 13 3
Woodland 6,611 +1% $438,800 $81,193 27 15
Woods Creek 6,943 $822,800 $156,950 27 4
Woodway suburb 1,316 +0.5% $2,000,000 or more $204,583 12 3
Yacolt 1,730 +3.2% $427,600 $84,740 26 15
Yarrow Point suburb 1,143 +1% $2,000,000 or more $250,000 or more 6 2
Yelm 12,043 +12.6% $455,300 $90,750 49 12
Zillah 3,111 -1.8% $334,800 $75,000 129 3

Big city: a metro area of about 1 million people or more. ER: the nearest hospital with an emergency room. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, BEA, Medicare.