CathcartWA
Settled in 1915, this town now has 2,064 residents.
Is Cathcart a good place to live?
Cathcart’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes, an A for health, and an A− for schools; its weakest is a D for cost of living. Cathcart’s average trip to work is 47 minutes, where Washington’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. On incomes, just 12 of Washington’s 396 towns do better. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. Only 14 of Washington’s 397 towns score lower on the outdoors. Cathcart has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Cathcart stand out
Where Cathcart beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Cathcart for work
Where Cathcart’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Cathcart grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Cathcart is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Space Needle and 122 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cathcart. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
21 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
20 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
17 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 Cathcart: who provides what
Cathcart 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 Cathcart.
Cathcart is healthier than 94% of U.S. towns
8.5% of Cathcart adults have diabetes. Of 31 CDC measures, Cathcart beats the Washington average on 14 and trails it on 1. Two figures for adults in the town: 15% report frequent mental distress, 8.8% smoke cigarettes.
| Cathcart | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 11% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Cathcart | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.3% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Cathcart’s schools beat 84% of Washington districts
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Snohomish School District. Cathcart’s only public school teaches 641 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 641 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Cathcart has 0.5 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
0.7% of working residents work locally in Cathcart. Jobs in Cathcart grew by 162 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 635. In Cathcart, the middle household income is $130,000. The top destinations are Seattle (22%), Everett (8%) and Bellevue (7%).
| Cathcart | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $130,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Washington overall
In Cathcart, the median age is 45.3 years. Adults 35 to 64 are 48% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (24% statewide). The share of adults 25 and older in Cathcart who hold a bachelor’s degree or more: 41%.
| Cathcart | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.3 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 30% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 16% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.1 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Cathcart | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.5% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.5% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.2% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.6% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.6% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.9% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.9% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.5% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.2% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 18.4% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.7% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.7% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30.5% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.4% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
In Cathcart, expect mild winters and pleasant summers
The range runs from 35° on a January night to 75° on a July afternoon, with about 3 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Cathcart is earthquakes, at a moderate overall level
Expected losses in Cathcart break down as 61% from earthquakes and 31% from inland flooding. For Cathcart, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 55 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Cathcart sells for about $695K at the median
A home in Cathcart typically sold within 40 days of listing. For households in the town, the share who live in a home they own is 86%. Homes in Cathcart sold for 98.6% of their list price on average.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Cathcart
Colleges nearby
11 within 15 miles of the center of Cathcart
About 4 of every 100 Cathcart residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Cathcart
CDP in Washington, United States
Cathcart is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,647 at the 2020 census, up from 2,458 at the 2010 census. Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Cathcart ranks 45th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked. Cathcart was named for Isaac Cathcart, a lumberman, entrepreneur, and Snohomish County pioneer.
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- Area
- 3.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 226 ft
- Area code
- 360
Cathcart’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Cathcart.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathcart | — | — | D | — | A− | A |
| Maltby | #18 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Silver Firs | #22 | A− | D | — | A | A |
| Clearview | #14 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
Cathcart has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Cathcart, Maltby, Silver Firs and Clearview report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cathcart with a neighbor →
Questions about Cathcart
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cathcart, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $909,000, 55% 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.