Falls City Masonic Hall · National Register of Historic Places
Fall City’s story
154 years in pictures
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
- 1872Fall City is settled
Fall CityWA
With 1,618 residents, this town was settled in 1872.
Falls City Masonic Hall · Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Population
1,618
Census survey, 2020–24
Typical home
$1.14M
−0.9% in a year
Household income
$177K
median
Median age
41.8
years
Jobs based here
385
A commuter town
Is Fall City a good place to live?
Fall City’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes, health, and schools; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Fall City’s midpoint rent is $2,688 a month, against $1,739 a month in Washington’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. Only 6 of Washington’s 397 towns score lower on hazard risk. Homes are expensive, about $1.1 million for a typical one and 9.9 times the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. Falls City Masonic Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places. Fall City has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Fall City stand out
Where Fall City beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
A commuter town
97% of working residents leave Fall City for work
Where Fall City’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
385jobs based in Fall City
3%of working residents work in town
16 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
How Fall City grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Fall City is from typical.
Hazard riskInland flooding tops the listD−Open →Jobs & incomeIncomes and work are among the strongest comparedA+Open →HealthSnoqualmie Valley Hospital 4.2 miles awayA+Open →SchoolsIn the top fifth of the towns comparedA+Open →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnDOpen →WalkabilityEPA walkability 12 of 20; 1.8% of households have no car; 0% of workers walk, bike or ride transitB−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
ClimateMild winters, 77° summer afternoons, 4″ of snow–Open →Who lives hereMedian age 41.8; 62% of adults have a four-year degree–Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All 153 attractions →Space Needle and 133 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fall City. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
20 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
20 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
4 mi WaterfallSnoqualmie FallsSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo 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 · Snoqualmie Falls: Meher Anand Kasam, CC BY-SA 3.0
Getting set up
Moving to Fall City: who provides what
Fall City is unincorporated, so King County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerPuget Sound Energy17.0¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterFall City Water Dist. #127No health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet5 providers99% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesKing CountyKing County provides services here
Register to voteOnlineIn Washington you can register online until 8 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 8 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereKing County ElectionsKing County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2021
ZIP code9802498024 100%Census 2020
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 Fall City.
HousingCost of living grade D
Fall City earns a D for cost of living
The typical Fall City home is worth about $1,143,000, down 0.9% in a year, 95% above the Washington typical home. For households locally, the share who live in a home they own is 84%.
$1.14MZillow home value
Typical home value
Fall City$1.14M
Washington$588K
−0.9%
value change, 1 year
2
homes sold in September
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
SchoolsA+
Fall City’s schools rank ahead of 95% of Washington districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Snoqualmie Valley School District.
95%of WA districts it outscoresA+School Grade
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Kanim Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 520 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
HealthA+
Fall City ranks healthier than 96% of the country’s towns
15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Fall City. CDC measures, 31 in all: Fall City beats Washington on 14 and trails on 2. Two figures for adults in the town: 13% get no exercise outside work, 7.3% have diabetes.
96%healthier than U.S. townsA+Health Grade
| Fall City | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 33% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 7.3% | 9.8% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 36% |
31 measures vs. Washington
14 better15 too close to call2 worse
| What stands out | Fall City | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.1% | 10.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.7% | 5.1% |
| More binge drinkers | 18.6% | 16.6% |
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital
4.2 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade D−
In Fall City, the FEMA risk score runs higher than in the typical Washington or U.S. town
66% of Fall City’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 33%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Fall City after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2025. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 97% of U.S. communities.
97risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingEarthquakes
3
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Work & commuteJobs & income grade A+
Most of Fall City’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.4 jobs for each of them
The median household income for Fall City comes to $177,000. Just 3% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The share of residents in Fall City who live below the poverty line: 2.2%. Also worth knowing: between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Fall City dropped by 51, to 385.
3%work in town
| Fall City | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $177,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.2% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
In Fall City3%
Seattle19%
Bellevue10%
Redmond8%
Snoqualmie8%
16 mi
median commute distance
385
jobs based in Fall City
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Climate
Mild winters and pleasant summers: that is Fall City’s year
Fall City’s midsummer high is 76°F.
4″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter35–47°
Spring41–60°
Summer53–75°
Fall44–61°
Nov 7
typical first frost
Mar 30
typical last frost
+0.7°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
OutdoorsC
2.5% of the land in Fall City is protected from building
For Fall City, the density of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile. In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 0.6 miles of trail. One park or preserve covers 5 acres in the town.
2.5%conserved
| Fall City | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.5% | 4% | 4.3% |
2.5%
conserved · 45 of 1,840 acres
0.6 mi
of trails · 0.2 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Aldarra Field | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Fall City
17pages on Fall City
The big questions
Out and about
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Fall City
Bellevue CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Bellevue11.1 mi$4,436 in-state tuitionRenton Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Renton13.4 mi$6,308 in-state tuitionDigiPen Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · Private for-profit · Redmond13.8 mi$38,950 tuition
About 3 of every 100 Fall City residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
Questions about Fall City
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fall City, WA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.