WA area data
Salkum, WA
Salkum, WA.
Population: 438 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 588.1 (+2.2% YoY)
Market activity
- Median sale price
- $256,000
- Median days on market
- 48 days
- Sale-to-list ratio
- 101.2%
- Active listings
- 1
Rents
- 2-bedroom fair-market rent (HUD reference)
- $1,680/mo
- 3BR fair-market rent
- $2,183/mo
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Above Average)
- 107.5 (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
- avalanche, earthquake, inlandFlooding, landslide, volcanicActivity
- FEMA flood zone
- A04
- Flood risk level
- High
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 52.0°F
- Average high
- 62.0°F
- Average low
- 41.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 61.6 in
- Annual snowfall
- 6.6 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 25
- Days with Good air quality
- 314
- Days with Unhealthy air quality
- 1
Walkability & transit
- Walkability index
- 3.5 / 20
- Transit service frequency
- -99,999
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Mount Rainier National Park (50 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Burnt Ridge Nursery Airstrip (4 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Southwest Washington Regional Airport (KLS) (31 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 1
- Solar radiation rating
- Poor (3.3 kWh/m²/day)
Migration
- Net migration
- +268 tax filers
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,944
- Median annual property tax
- $1,781
- Households with broadband internet
- 57.6%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 22,427
- Average weekly wage
- $1,027
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Wholesale Trade
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 196
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