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For a city of 113,567, Everett does unevenly: it grades C+, 156th of 285 graded towns in Washington. Its schools rank ahead of 77% of Washington towns and it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 96% of U.S. towns. The trade-offs: its police reported 280 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 87% of U.S. towns, and the typical home is worth about $631K, 5.5 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. 28% of working residents work locally in Everett, above both the Washington town median (4.8%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Its National Register listings include EQUATOR (schooner) and Snohomish County Courthouse. On the outdoors, just 17 of Washington’s 397 towns do better.
Where Everett beats most towns.
Its 24 National Register listings are more than in 94% of Washington towns with a listing.
Census counts: 7,838 in 1900, 110,629 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1891 and 4 maps from 1944 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Everett is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Everett. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
26 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
26 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
22 mi Stadium & arenaHusky StadiumSpace 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Everett, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Everett.
Everett draws workers from Marysville and beyond, has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Washington.
95,321 jobs are based in Everett, 2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
About one in 4 of Everett’s working residents works in town. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Everett. Since 2013, Everett has added 6,258 jobs, to 95,321 in 2023.
| Everett | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 13% | 15% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Everett School District. Two of its 36 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 914 | – |
| Cascade High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,651 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 5,072 to 3,101 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Everett’s property crime rate is 24.8 per 1,000 residents. Everett reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 87% report less. Everett’s violent crime rate is 2.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Everett | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 24.8 per 1,000 residents | 15 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.5 per 1,000 residents | 1.5 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
43 miles of trail in 54 parks and preserves. Forest Park, at 136 acres with 1.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. The trail density in Everett is 0.9 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Forest Park | 1.7 mi | 136 |
| 2. Lowell Riverfront Park | 1.2 mi | 108 |
| 3. Jetty Island Park | 1.1 mi | 121 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Within Washington it is less healthy than 52% of the 285 graded towns: Washington sets a high bar.
Everett beats the Washington average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 70% of Everett adults had a checkup this year.
| Everett | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 71% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 31% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 9.8% | 12% |
| What stands out | Everett | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.1% | 7.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.8% | 9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities. Since 1984, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Everett.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Monroe weather station, 12 miles away, records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 97% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 74.6°, cooler than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.6°.
Everett has mild winters and cool summers. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Everett | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 75°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 35°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Everett home is worth about $631,000, down 1.8% in a year, 7% above the Washington typical home.
| Everett | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 49% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,740 a month | $1,737 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 55% | 51% | 48% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
4 within 15 miles of the center of Everett
About 6 of every 100 Everett residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Washington.
15.7% of the town is conserved land, across 54 parks and preserves.
24 places in Everett on the National Register of Historic Places.
50 notable people were born in Everett.
City in Washington, United States
Everett ( EV-rit; Lushootseed: dᶻəɬigʷəd [d͜zəˈɬi̞ɡʷəd]) is the county seat of and the most populous city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is 25 miles (40 km) north of Seattle and is one of the main cities in the metropolitan area and the Puget Sound region. Everett is the seventh-most populous city in the state, with 110,629 residents as of the 2020 census. The city is primarily situated on a peninsula at the mouth of the Snohomish River along Port Gardner Bay, an inlet of Possession Sound (itself part of Puget Sound), and extends to the south and west. The Port Gardner Peninsula has been inhabited by the Snohomish people for thousands of years, whose main settlement, hib…
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2 towns share a border with Everett.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Everett grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #156 of 285 in Washington. It grades B+ for health, D for safety and A− for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
50 notable people were born here, including Glenn Beck and Randy Couture.
