Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 76/100
B
Median home value$977,200
Seattle $717,500
Median rent$2,938/mo
Seattle $2,000/mo
Cost-burdened households21%
Seattle 35%
Snoqualmie
King County13,798 residentsSnoqualmie Valley School District
69
B−
Suburbgrade score
10th of 59 Seattle suburbs. Strong on employment & income and schools, held back by commute & transport.
69
Seattle median 59
0 · F
A+ · 100
Launch-day rule. Residents is not counted for Snoqualmie yet: no poll responses so far. The overall score of 69 is computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. Answer the poll →
What living here is actually like
Written summary in preparation This page is waiting for its written summary, and for a person to check it. Until then it is excluded from search engines.
What Snoqualmie is like to live in, by category
Bars show Snoqualmie against Seattle. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · 79/100
B+
Within-state proficiency97th pct
Seattle median 70th pct
Student–teacher ratio18.1
Seattle median 18.4
Graduation rate94%
Seattle median 88%
Cost of living
14% of the score · 54/100
C−
Housing cost index128
Seattle 100
Eff. tax rate0.75%
Seattle 0.77%
Local sales tax9.30%
Seattle median 10.30%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 54/100
C−
Mean commute29.0 min
Seattle 29.2 min
Under 30 minutes45%
Seattle 55%
Transit stops / sq mi2.4
Seattle median 8.8 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 58/100
C
Restaurants & cafés23
Seattle median 84 · within 2 miles
Groceries1
Seattle median 6 · within 2 miles
Parks63
Seattle median 95 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 90/100
A
Median household income$214,107
Seattle $115,177
Unemployment2.6%
Seattle 4.8%
Professional occupations67%
Seattle 52%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
—
No responses yet. Residents is excluded from the score until eight people answer.
Ask the people who live here
Twelve yes/no questions, one tap each. No dataset knows whether the yards are kept or whether anyone talks to their neighbours. Answers feed the Residents grade, which needs eight responses before it counts.
Nobody has answered for Snoqualmie yet. If you live here, you can be the first.
Is it quiet at night?
—
Do you feel safe walking after dark?
—
Can you walk to a grocery store?
—
Is it good for young children?
—
Are yards and streets well kept?
—
Tap either button to answer — no account neededAll twelve questions →
Better than Snoqualmie on cost of living
Snoqualmie's weakest grade is C−. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.
SuburbCost of livingOverall
SeaTac21 mi from SnoqualmieB 50 D+ Covington17 mi from SnoqualmieB− 56 C− Auburn23 mi from SnoqualmieB− 53 C− Des Moines24 mi from SnoqualmieB− 49 D+ Renton16 mi from SnoqualmieB− 58 C White Center22 mi from SnoqualmieB− 52 D+ Cost-of-living index composed in-house from housing cost, utilities, effective property tax and local sales tax · Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Effective property tax: ACS 2020–24
Common questions about living in Snoqualmie
Is Snoqualmie, WA a good place to live?
Snoqualmie scores 69 out of 100, 10th of 59 Seattle suburbs. It is strongest on employment & income and weakest on cost of living. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Snoqualmie expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades C−. The median home is $977,200, 36% above the Seattle median, and the effective property tax rate is 0.75%. $2,938/mo is the median gross rent.
How good are the schools in Snoqualmie?
Schools grade B+. The districts serving Snoqualmie sit at the 97th pct within-state proficiency percentile, with a 94% graduation rate and a 18.1 student–teacher ratio. Snoqualmie is served by Snoqualmie Valley School District. Proficiency is only ever compared inside the same state.
How long is the commute from Snoqualmie?
The mean commute is 29.0 min, with 45% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 33% working from home. Transit density is 2.4 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Snoqualmie?
Within two miles there are 1 groceries, 23 restaurants and cafés and 63 parks, which grades C on amenities.
Are the homes in Snoqualmie old or new?
The median home in Snoqualmie was built in 2005 — newer than the Seattle median of 1985. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 90% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.