CavaleroWA
A town of 1,591.
Is Cavalero a good place to live?
Cavalero’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. Cavalero’s median rent is $3,127 a month, where Washington’s towns sit at $1,739 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. On incomes, just 19 of Washington’s 396 towns do better. Only 30 of Washington’s 397 towns score lower on history. Cavalero has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Cavalero has grown 12% from 2010 to 2020
4,660 counted in 2010 and 5,232 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Cavalero grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Cavalero is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Cavalero: who provides what
Cavalero 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 Cavalero.
Cavalero is healthier than 88% of U.S. towns
Cavalero beats the Washington average on 11 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 27% of adults have high blood pressure in Cavalero, against 31% in Washington’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 70% of adults had a checkup this year in Cavalero.
| Cavalero | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 31% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 71% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 7.6% | 9.8% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 25% |
| What stands out | Cavalero | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.2% | 5.4% |
| More binge drinkers | 18.5% | 16.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with most of Washington and the rest of the country, more of Cavalero’s residents are under 18
37% of Cavalero residents are under 18. Children under 18 are 37% of residents (21% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 9% of residents (24% statewide). The median age in Cavalero is 35.6 years.
| Cavalero | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 37% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 35.6 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 30% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±9.5 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 100% are men (WA 44%).
| Cavalero | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 27.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.4% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 1.1% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.4% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 35% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 4.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 6.4% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 4.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.5% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.9% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 16.5% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 34.1% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.8% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.8% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.8% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Cavalero’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Cavalero for work: only 0% work in town. Cavalero’s average trip to work is 41 minutes. Jobs based in Cavalero grew to 63 in 2023, 37 more than in 2013.
| Cavalero | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 41 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $148,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.5% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Cavalero faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Cavalero, expect mild winters and pleasant summers
Cavalero has mild winters and cool summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 75°, January nights drop to 35° and about 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Cavalero sells for about $675K at the median
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Space Needle and 121 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cavalero. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
29 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
28 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
25 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
Everything we know about Cavalero
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Cavalero
About 8 of every 100 Cavalero residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
100% of working residents leave Cavalero for work
Where Cavalero’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Cavalero
CDP in Washington, United States
Cavalero (also named Cavelero) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cavalero had a population of 5,232. Cavalero was created out of the former West Lake Stevens CDP in 2010.
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- Area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 285 ft
- Area code
- 425
Cavalero’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Cavalero.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavalero | — | — | D | — | A− | A |
| Bunk Foss | #112 | B− | D− | — | A− | A |
| Lake Stevens | #25 | A− | D | B+ | A− | A |
| Machias | — | — | C− | — | A− | A |
Cavalero and Machias have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cavalero, Bunk Foss and Machias report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cavalero with a neighbor →
Questions about Cavalero
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cavalero, WA expensive?
Yes. That is 5.7 years of the area's median household income ($115,177 across the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.