WA area data
Bay Center, WA
Bay Center, WA.
Population: 273 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 588.1 (+2.2% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Above Average)
- 107.0 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 13.1¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $17.60/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Moderate
- Top hazards
- tsunami, coastalFlooding, earthquake
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 97.7 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 16
- Days with Good air quality
- 329
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (30 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Willapa Harbor Airport (5 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Bowerman Airport (HQM) (23 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 5
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.3 / 5
- Solar radiation rating
- Poor (3.2 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,994
- Median annual property tax
- $2,978
- Households with broadband internet
- 40.9%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 4,738
- Average weekly wage
- $761
- Top industries (by employment)
- Accommodation & Food, Health Care, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 92
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