EsperanceWA
A town of 4,189.
Is Esperance a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Esperance grades B+ overall, 44th of 285 graded towns in Washington. It is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. Residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $149K. The trade-off is money: homes are expensive, about $791K for a typical one and 6.9 times the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. Esperance’s median rent is $2,463 a month, above both the Washington town median ($1,737 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Only 2 of the 285 Washington towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Esperance.
What makes Esperance stand out
Where Esperance beats most towns.
Esperance has grown 11% from 2010 to 2020
3,601 counted in 2010 and 4,007 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Esperance grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Esperance is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 8%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Space Needle and 134 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Esperance. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
14 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
10 mi Stadium & arenaHusky Stadium
13 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 Esperance: who provides what
Esperance 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 Esperance.
Esperance has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, sends most of its workers to Seattle and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Esperance earns an A for health
Against the 2,836 U.S. towns with household incomes like Esperance’s, it is healthier than 72%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
8.5% of adults smoke cigarettes in Esperance. Esperance beats the Washington average on 13 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Esperance.
| Esperance | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Esperance | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.9% | 9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.7% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.8% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About one in three of Esperance’s working residents commute to Seattle
Esperance has 186 jobs for its 1,911 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Esperance for work: only 0% work in town. The average trip to work in Esperance is 28 minutes. The top destinations are Seattle (36%), Edmonds (7%) and Lynnwood (7%).
| Esperance | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $149,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Esperance, with earthquakes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 71% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Esperance.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Esperance
The Seattle Sand Pt Wsfo weather station, 9 miles away, records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 95% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 74.8°, cooler than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.9°.
Esperance has mild winters and cool summers. Esperance’s July high is 75°F. About 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Esperance | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 75°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 35°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More young adults than Washington overall
The median household earns $148,640, against $98,141 across Washington, one input to its A for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (24% statewide). 49% of Esperance adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Esperance | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 49% | 30% | 29% |
| Median age | 36.4 years | 38.6 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 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 ±4.4 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Esperance | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.5% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.4% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 22.9% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.1% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.6% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.9% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.1% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.2% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 35.1% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.5% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,200, single groups can be off by several points
| Esperance | 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. Esperance Park | 0.6 mi | 9 |
| 2. Robert Leary Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Esperance earns a D for cost of living
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Esperance
Colleges nearby
19 within 15 miles of the center of Esperance
About 6 of every 100 Esperance residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Washington.
100% of working residents leave Esperance for work
Where Esperance’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Esperance
CDP in Washington, United States
Esperance is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. Esperance is an enclave of the city of Edmonds, Washington. The population was 4,007 at the 2020 census, up from 3,601 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 364 ft
- Area code
- 425
Questions about Esperance
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Esperance, WA a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Esperance grades B+ overall, better than 73% of U.S. towns and #44 of 285 in Washington. It grades A for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Esperance, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $791,000, 35% 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.