ClearviewWA
A town of 3,254.
Is Clearview a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Clearview grades A overall, ranked 14th of 285 in Washington. The median household earns $193K. Residents are healthier than 97% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and its public schools beat 93% of Washington towns on state tests and graduation. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $892K, 7.7 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. Clearview’s median household income is $193,000, against $98,000 in Washington’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 27 of Washington’s 397 towns do worse.
What makes Clearview stand out
Where Clearview beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Clearview for work
Where Clearview’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Clearview grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Clearview is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 12%), so the A overall blends very different results.
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Space Needle and 124 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Clearview. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
19 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
14 mi Stadium & arenaHusky Stadium
18 mi Ancient siteSeattle UndergroundPhoto 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 · Husky Stadium: Atomic Taco, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Seattle Underground: Mark Hursh, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Clearview: who provides what
Clearview 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 Clearview.
Clearview has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has less no health insurance than most of Washington, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Washington.
For health, Clearview earns an A+
Its widest gap with Washington is no health insurance: 5% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 8.4% statewide. Against the 1,063 U.S. towns with household incomes like Clearview’s, it is healthier than 65%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
13% of Clearview adults get no exercise outside work. Clearview beats the Washington average on 20 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of Clearview adults report frequent mental distress.
| Clearview | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.5% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Clearview | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.4% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.8% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For schools, Clearview earns an A
Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $892K.
Its public schools are run by the Northshore School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby Bridges ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 503 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Most of Clearview’s workers commute out: the town has 0.6 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here grew from 581 in 2013 to 1,036.
Most working residents leave Clearview for work: only 1% work in town. 2.6% of residents live below the poverty line in Clearview. Since 2013, Clearview has added 455 jobs, to 1,036 in 2023.
| Clearview | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.6% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Clearview has mild winters and pleasant summers
The Monroe weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 74.3°, cooler than in 99% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.6°.
Clearview has mild winters and cool summers. The July high in Clearview is 74°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Clearview | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 74°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 35°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Washington overall
The median household earns $192,540, against $98,141 across Washington, one input to its A+ for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (24% statewide). Clearview’s median age is 43.9 years. 46% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across Washington.
| Clearview | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 46% | 30% | 29% |
| Median age | 43.9 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 16% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.8 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Clearview | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 17.4% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.2% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.6% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.7% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.5% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.6% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.8% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.8% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 35.2% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.5% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,300, single groups can be off by several points
Earthquakes leads a moderate hazard risk in Clearview
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Clearview.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For cost of living, Clearview earns a D
At 7.7 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 83% of Washington towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $8,621, against $4,556 across Washington, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Clearview
Colleges nearby
12 within 15 miles of the center of Clearview
About 1 of every 100 Clearview residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Clearview
CDP in Washington, United States
Clearview is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, Clearview had a population of 3,648. Clearview is located on the west side of State Route 9, where it intersects 180th Street SE (once known as Vine Street) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is located between Snohomish and Woodinville and the top of the Clearview Hill.
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- Area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 600 ft
- Area code
- 360
Clearview’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Clearview.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearview | #14 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Silver Firs | #22 | A− | D | — | A | A |
| Maltby | #18 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Bothell East | #5 | A | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Cathcart | — | — | D | — | A− | A |
| Mill Creek East | #10 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
Cathcart has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Clearview, Silver Firs, Maltby, Bothell East, Cathcart and Mill Creek East report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Clearview with a neighbor →
Questions about Clearview
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clearview, WA a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Clearview grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #14 of 285 in Washington. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Clearview, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $892,000, 52% 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.