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A town of 10,841, settled in 1890.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Felida grades B overall, ranked 101st of 285 in Washington. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 93% of the country. The median household earns $165K. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $674K for a typical one and 6.9 times the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. Felida’s income of the median household is $165,000, above both the Washington town median ($98,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Anderson-Beletski Prune Farm and Sara Store is on the National Register of Historic Places. Among 285 Washington towns, just 8 have a higher home-ownership rate than Felida.
Where Felida beats most towns.
7,385 counted in 2010 and 9,526 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Felida is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,109 in 1990, 9,526 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2012 and 7 maps from 1897 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Felida. Close and well known come first.
13 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
13 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
30 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
12 mi City parkForest Park
13 mi MuseumPittock Mansion
13 mi Stadium & arenaVeterans Memorial ColiseumModa Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Veterans Memorial Coliseum: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Felida is unincorporated, so Clark 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Felida.
Felida has less tooth loss than most of Washington, sends most of its workers to Vancouver and beyond and has household incomes well above the Washington norm.
Its widest gap with Washington is tooth loss: 4.1% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9% statewide. Against the 1,880 U.S. towns with household incomes like Felida’s, it is healthier than 56%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Felida: just over one in ten adults report frequent physical distress. Only 9 of the 285 Washington towns we compare have a lower share of adults who worry about having enough food than Felida. Among adults here, 7.7% smoke cigarettes and 15% get no exercise outside work.
| Felida | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.7% | 11% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Felida | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.1% | 9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.2% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Vancouver School District runs its public schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The 2 public schools in Felida teach 1,347 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 786 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Across 6 parks and preserves: 2.6 miles of trail. Felida’s trail network density comes in at 0.9 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves here: 6, covering 28 acres.
| Felida | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.3% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Felida Community Park | 0.7 mi | 15 |
| 2. Foley Park | 0.3 mi | 4 |
| 3. Raspberry Fields Park | 0.3 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Felida has 733 jobs for its 3,906 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 28.3% of workers work from home, against 19.8% across Washington.
The top destinations are Vancouver (32%), Portland (14%) and Mount Vista (4%). Jobs based in Felida grew to 733 in 2023, 73 more than in 2013. For Felida, the average commute is 23 minutes. Most people who work leave Felida to do it: just 3% work in town.
| Felida | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.9% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 5% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 35° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The going rate for rent in Felida is $2,419 a month. In Felida, 43% of sales closed above the list price. Homes sold in Felida spent a median 37 days on the market.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
10 within 15 miles of the center of Felida
About 5 of every 100 Felida residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Washington.
Where Felida’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Felida is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 9,526 at the 2020 census. A post office called Felida was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1906. The community derives its name from Felidae, the family of cats.
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2 towns share a border with Felida.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felida | #101 | B | D | — | C+ | A |
| Salmon Creek | #110 | B− | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Lake Shore | #111 | B− | D | — | C+ | A |
Felida, Salmon Creek and Lake Shore report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Felida with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Felida grades B overall, better than 57% of U.S. towns and #101 of 285 in Washington. It grades A for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $674,000, 15% 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.
