EntiatWA
A town of 1,576, settled in 1895.
Is Entiat a good place to live?
Entiat’s best subject grades are an A− for health and an A for the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. 28% of residents are 65 or older in Entiat, above both Washington’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (18%). Only 3 of Washington’s 397 towns score lower on hazard risk. Entiat’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile, against 0.8 in Washington’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Entiat Park, at 30 acres. Entiat has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Entiat stand out
Where Entiat beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Entiat has grown 41% since 2010
1,112 counted in 2010 and 1,326 in 2020; an estimated 1,576 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Entiat grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Entiat is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Entiat: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Entiat, and how to reach them.
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 Entiat.
Entiat stands out in Washington and nationally: the FEMA risk score there is higher
Entiat’s FEMA risk score is 99 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Entiat’s schools rank behind 67% of Washington districts
Its public schools are run by the Entiat School District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Rumburg ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 231 | – |
| Entiat Middle and High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 205 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Entiat is healthier than 82% of U.S. towns
Entiat beats the Washington average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 72% of adults had a checkup this year in Entiat.
| Entiat | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 71% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 11% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 10% | 14% |
| What stands out | Entiat | WA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults seeing a dentist | 70.3% | 67% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Entiat’s workers commute out: the town has 0.6 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Entiat for work: only 8% work in town. The average trip to work in Entiat is 33 minutes. Jobs based in Entiat grew to 331 in 2023, 127 more than in 2013.
| Entiat | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.2% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical home in Entiat is valued at about $463K
The typical Entiat home is worth about $463,000, down 1.4% in a year, 21% below the Washington typical home. 80% of Entiat households own their home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Entiat, expect four seasons and hot summers
Entiat has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 23° and about 40 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center | 0.8 mi | 20 |
| 2. Entiat Park | 0.1 mi | 30 |
| 3. Kiwanis Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Entiat
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Entiat; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Entiat residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
92% of working residents leave Entiat for work
Where Entiat’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Entiat
City in Washington, United States
Entiat is a city in Chelan County, Washington, United States. It is part of the Wenatchee−East Wenatchee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,326 at the 2020 census. The name "Entiat" refers to the indigenous Entiat people, whose name comes from the Moses-Columbian Salishan word /nt'yátkʷ/, [nt'iátkʷ], "place of grassy water", from /na-/, "place", /st'íyaʔ/, "tall grass, hay", and /-atkʷ/, "water".
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 2.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 801 ft
- ZIP code
- 98822
- Area code
- 509
Questions about Entiat
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Entiat, WA expensive?
That is 5.7 years of the area's median household income ($81,938 across the Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, 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 C.