Is Canyon Creek a good place to live?
A town with more to fix than most. Its weakest subject is schools (D): its schools rank behind 90% of the state's. Walkability is weaker too. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 100% of U.S. towns. Homes run about $446K for a typical one, 3.9 times the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. Health is its strong suit (B+): residents are healthier than 72% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The overall grade lands at D−, 280th of 285 in Washington. Nationally, it does better than 2% of U.S. towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
How Canyon Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Canyon Creek is from typical.
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What makes Canyon Creek stand out
Where Canyon Creek beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Canyon Creek | WA |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 13% | 10.1% |
100% of working residents leave Canyon Creek for work
Where Canyon Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Canyon Creek.
Canyon Creek has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Washington; it also has poverty well above the Washington rate.
The biggest natural risk in Canyon Creek is inland flooding, at a very high overall level
On expected storm and flood damage, Canyon Creek sits above 88% of U.S. communities. 44% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by avalanches at 27%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For most of its workers, the job is outside Canyon Creek
Canyon Creek has 21 jobs for its 1,667 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 40.2 minutes, against 26.6 across Washington.
Half commute less than 21 miles. The top destinations are Everett (18%), Seattle (11%) and Arlington (8%). For Canyon Creek, the typical household income is put at $78,000, where Washington’s towns sit at $98,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Among 285 Washington towns, just 9 have a higher average trip to work than Canyon Creek.
| Canyon Creek | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 40 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $78,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Canyon Creek earns a B+ for health
Within Washington it is less healthy than 57% of the 285 graded towns: Washington sets a high bar.
The share of adults in Canyon Creek who smoke cigarettes is 13%, against 11% in Washington’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 70% of Canyon Creek adults had a checkup this year. Two figures for adults here: 28% have been diagnosed with depression, 18% binge drink.
| Canyon Creek | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 71% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 9.8% | 12% |
| What stands out | Canyon Creek | WA |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 13% | 10.1% |
| More adults with depression | 28.4% | 25.1% |
| More adults with asthma | 12% | 10.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect mild winters and pleasant summers in Canyon Creek
The Monroe weather station, 18 miles away, records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 97% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 75°, cooler than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35°.
About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter. Rain and melted snow add up to about 71 inches a year here.
| Canyon Creek | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
0.1% of Canyon Creek is conserved land
Just 5 of its 3,960 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Canyon Creek itself; its outdoors grade is D.
Only 9 of the 272 Washington towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Canyon Creek. 1.4 miles of trail. For Canyon Creek, the trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Canyon Creek | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 4% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Canyon Creek sells for about $575K at the median
The going rate for rent in Canyon Creek is $1,821 a month. 88% of households own their home in the town.
| Canyon Creek | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,821 a month | $1,737 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Canyon Creek
Space Needle and 104 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Canyon Creek. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
39 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
39 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
35 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 Canyon Creek: who provides what
Canyon Creek 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.
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Canyon Creek
About 3 of every 100 Canyon Creek residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Canyon Creek
CDP in Washington, United States
Canyon Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,445 at the 2020 census, up from 3,200 at the 2010 census. Prior to the 2010 census, the CDP was known as Jordan Road-Canyon Creek.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 6.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 456 ft
- Area code
- 360
Questions about Canyon Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Canyon Creek, WA a good place to live?
Canyon Creek grades D− overall, better than 2% of U.S. towns and #280 of 285 in Washington. It grades B+ for health and D for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Canyon Creek, WA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $446,000, 24% below 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 C.
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