Bunk FossWA
Home to 3,627 people, this town lies in Washington.
What should you know before moving to Bunk Foss?
Strong in places, weak in others. Where it does best is health (A): it is healthier than 87% of U.S. towns. Taken together, its subjects give Bunk Foss a B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns. Its place in the ranking is 112th of 285 in Washington. Add schools to its strengths: its schools outperform 83% of the state's. The weak point is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $831K, 7.2 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. Bunk Foss’ rent at the middle of the market is $2,705 a month, where Washington’s towns sit at $1,737 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Bunk Foss’ middle household income is $155,000, above both Washington’s towns ($98,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
What makes Bunk Foss stand out
Where Bunk Foss beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Bunk Foss for work
Where Bunk Foss’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bunk Foss grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Bunk Foss is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Space Needle and 121 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bunk Foss. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
28 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
27 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
24 mi Stadium & arenaHusky StadiumPhoto credits
Space Needle: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Climate Pledge Arena: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lumen Field: "Smart Destinations", GoSeattleCard.com, and Go Seattle Card Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0 · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seattle Underground: Mark Hursh, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Husky Stadium: Atomic Taco, CC BY-SA 2.0
Moving to Bunk Foss: who provides what
Bunk Foss is unincorporated, so Snohomish County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bunk Foss.
Bunk Foss has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Everett and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Washington.
For health, Bunk Foss earns an A
Against the 2,431 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bunk Foss’s, it is less healthy than 60%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Bunk Foss: 16% of adults get no exercise outside work. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Bunk Foss is ahead of Washington on 8 and behind on 2. Two figures for adults locally: 73% had a checkup this year, 8.6% have diabetes.
| Bunk Foss | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 71% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.6% | 9.8% | 12% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Bunk Foss | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.8% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.7% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.8% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For schools, Bunk Foss earns an A−
That grade comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $831K.
The public schools here belong to the Snohomish School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. 734 students attend Bunk Foss’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 734 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Bunk Foss
Bunk Foss has 407 jobs for its 1,857 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The share of working residents in Bunk Foss who work locally: 0.5%. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 158, to 407. Bunk Foss’ mean commuting time is 30 minutes. The top destinations are Everett (19%), Seattle (16%) and Bellevue (6%).
| Bunk Foss | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $155,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bunk Foss has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 68% of U.S. communities. Bunk Foss has had 14 paid flood insurance claims since 1990. Expected losses in Bunk Foss break down as 48% from inland flooding and 41% from earthquakes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Bunk Foss brings mild winters and pleasant summers
The Monroe weather station, 9 miles away, records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 97% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 74.5°, cooler than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.2°.
About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter. For Bunk Foss, the July high is 75°F.
| Bunk Foss | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 75°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 35°F | 35°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer adults under 35 in Bunk Foss than across Washington
The median household earns $155,201, against $98,141 across Washington, one input to its B+ for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (38% statewide). College graduates make up 33% of adults 25 and older, against 40% across Washington. 16% of residents are 65 or older in Bunk Foss.
| Bunk Foss | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42.7 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 30% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.2 points). Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Bunk Foss | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.9% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.3% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.7% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.4% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.8% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.2% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.3% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.6% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.8% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.9% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.6% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.2% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,600, single groups can be off by several points
In Bunk Foss, 2.6% of the land is conserved
The trail network density in Bunk Foss is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Bunk Foss | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 4% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Bunk Foss sell for about $1.09M
At 7.2 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 76% of Washington towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $6,941, against $4,556 across Washington, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Among households in Bunk Foss, 92% live in a home they own.
| Bunk Foss | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,705 a month | $1,737 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 92% | 70% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Bunk Foss
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Bunk Foss
About 6 of every 100 Bunk Foss residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Washington.
About Bunk Foss
CDP in Washington, United States
Bunk Foss is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bunk Foss had a population of 3,680. Bunk Foss was created out of the former West Lake Stevens CDP in 2010.
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- Area
- 3.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 397 ft
- Area code
- 425
Bunk Foss’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Bunk Foss.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunk Foss | #112 | B− | D− | — | A− | A |
| Cavalero | — | — | D | — | A− | A |
| Lake Stevens | #25 | A− | D | B+ | A− | A |
| Fobes Hill | #50 | B+ | C− | — | A− | A |
| Machias | — | — | C− | — | A− | A |
Cavalero and Machias have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bunk Foss, Cavalero, Fobes Hill and Machias report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bunk Foss with a neighbor →
Questions about Bunk Foss
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bunk Foss, WA a good place to live?
Bunk Foss grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #112 of 285 in Washington. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Bunk Foss, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $831,000, 41% above the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.