East Renton HighlandsWA
Public schools that outperform most of Washington. 12,582 people call this town in Washington home.
Is East Renton Highlands a good place to live?
Plenty to like here, at a price. Its strongest subject is schools: its public schools beat 98% of Washington towns on state tests and graduation. Health is another plus: it is healthier than 95% of U.S. towns. The drawback is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $779K, 6.8 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. All told, that adds up to an A− overall and a rank of 21st of 285 in Washington. That leaves it better than 84% of U.S. towns. It lags on hazard risk as well (D): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than four fifths of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. The biggest park or preserve is Log Cabin Reach Natural Area, at 54 acres.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenStreetMap.
What makes East Renton Highlands stand out
Where East Renton Highlands beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Briarwood Elementary | PK–5 | 630 |
| Apollo Elementary | PK–5 | 496 |
| Maple Hills Elementary | K–5 | 460 |
99% of working residents leave East Renton Highlands for work
Where East Renton Highlands’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How East Renton Highlands grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far East Renton Highlands is from typical.
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Space Needle and 138 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Renton Highlands. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
14 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
15 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
16 mi Stadium & arenaHusky StadiumPhoto credits
Space Needle: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lumen Field: "Smart Destinations", GoSeattleCard.com, and Go Seattle Card Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Climate Pledge Arena: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 East Renton Highlands: who provides what
East Renton Highlands is unincorporated, so King 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 East Renton Highlands.
East Renton Highlands has schools in the top 5% of Washington, has cooler summers than nearly all U.S. towns and has less tooth loss than most of Washington.
East Renton Highlands’ grade for schools is an A+
That grade ranks #7 of the 285 Washington towns we grade for schools. It comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $779K.
Two of its 6 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The Issaquah School District runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Liberty Sr High School, with 1,495 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maywood Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 826 | – |
| Liberty Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,495 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
East Renton Highlands’ grade for health is an A
Its widest gap with Washington is tooth loss: 5.8% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9% statewide.
In East Renton Highlands, 8.5% of adults worry about having enough food, against 10% in Washington’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. For adults in the town, the share who have obesity is 24%. Against the Washington average, East Renton Highlands comes out ahead on 14 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 2. Two figures for adults in the town: 29% sleep under 7 hours, 15% get no exercise outside work.
| East Renton Highlands | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 33% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.6% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | East Renton Highlands | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.8% | 9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.9% | 5.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.8% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conservation land takes up 2.5% of East Renton Highlands
Walkers can cover 11 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. East Renton Highlands’ concentration of trails stands at 1.0 miles per square mile, above both Washington’s towns (0.8) and U.S. towns (0.4).
| East Renton Highlands | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.0 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.5% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. May Valley Park | 2.1 mi | 53 |
| 2. Maplewood Community Park | 2.1 mi | 40 |
| 3. Maplewood Heights Park | 1 mi | 24 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
East Renton Highlands has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from earthquakes
53% of East Renton Highlands’s expected losses from natural hazards come from earthquakes, followed by inland flooding at 45%. Since 1982, East Renton Highlands has seen 35 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Few of East Renton Highlands’ working residents work in town
East Renton Highlands has 1,066 jobs for its 5,625 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Half the trips to work are shorter than 12 miles. The median household income for East Renton Highlands comes to $143,000. The share of workers in East Renton Highlands who work remotely from home: 25%.
| East Renton Highlands | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 25% | 15% | 11% |
| Median household income | $143,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Young adults are less common in East Renton Highlands than in Washington
Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (38% statewide). 43% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in East Renton Highlands. Also worth knowing: the midpoint age here is 40.7 years.
| East Renton Highlands | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 30% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 40.7 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
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 ±3.4 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| East Renton Highlands | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.2% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.2% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.5% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.3% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.7% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.2% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.9% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.4% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.1% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.4% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 31.3% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The climate in East Renton Highlands brings mild winters and pleasant summers
July afternoons average 75.5°, cooler than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.6°.
For East Renton Highlands, the typical July afternoon high is 76°F. About 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| East Renton Highlands | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 76°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 35°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in East Renton Highlands sell for about $868K
The median property tax bill is $7,220, against $4,556 across Washington, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
East Renton Highlands: just over nine in ten households are owner-occupiers. In East Renton Highlands, the going rate for rent is $2,717 a month. On the market here: a median 20 days to sell.
| East Renton Highlands | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,717 a month | $1,737 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 91% | 70% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about East Renton Highlands
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of East Renton Highlands
About 4 of every 100 East Renton Highlands residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About East Renton Highlands
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
East Renton Highlands is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States, located between Issaquah and Renton. The population was 11,937 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 11 sq mi
- Elevation
- 525 ft
- Area code
- 206
East Renton Highlands’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with East Renton Highlands.
At #21 in WA, it grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Mirrormont (A−) comes closest.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Renton Highlands | #21 | A− | D | — | A+ | A |
| Renton | #193 | C | D | D | C+ | A |
| Mirrormont | #32 | A− | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Hobart | #48 | B+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
East Renton Highlands, Mirrormont and Hobart report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare East Renton Highlands with a neighbor →
Questions about East Renton Highlands
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is East Renton Highlands, WA a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. East Renton Highlands grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #21 of 285 in Washington. It grades A for health and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is East Renton Highlands, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $779,000, 33% 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.