Fobes HillWA
A town of 2,569.
Is Fobes Hill a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Fobes Hill grades B+ overall, 50th among Washington's 285 graded towns. Residents are healthier than 90% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its schools outperform 84% of the state's. The trade-off is money: homes are expensive, about $828K for a typical one and 7.2 times the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. Fobes Hill’s average trip to work is 34 minutes, where Washington’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Among 285 Washington towns, just 9 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Fobes Hill.
What makes Fobes Hill stand out
Where Fobes Hill beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Fobes Hill | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 8.4% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Riverview Elementary | K–6 | 489 |
100% of working residents leave Fobes Hill for work
Where Fobes Hill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Fobes Hill grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Fobes Hill is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Space Needle and 122 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fobes Hill. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
26 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
25 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
21 mi Stadium & arenaHusky StadiumPhoto 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 · Seattle Underground: Mark Hursh, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Husky Stadium: Atomic Taco, CC BY-SA 2.0
Moving to Fobes Hill: who provides what
Fobes Hill 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 Fobes Hill.
Fobes Hill has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has less no health insurance than most of Washington, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Washington.
For health, Fobes Hill earns an A
Its widest gap with Washington is no health insurance: 5.4% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 8.4% statewide. Against the 4,197 U.S. towns with household incomes like Fobes Hill’s, it is healthier than 71%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
16% of adults get no exercise outside work in Fobes Hill. Fobes Hill beats the Washington average on 12 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Fobes Hill.
| Fobes Hill | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 11% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 71% | 79% |
| What stands out | Fobes Hill | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.6% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For schools, Fobes Hill earns an A−
Its public schools are run by the Snohomish School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 489 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Fobes Hill
Fobes Hill has 151 jobs for its 1,218 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 34.2 minutes, against 26.6 across Washington.
Most working residents leave Fobes Hill for work: only 0% work in town. The median household income in Fobes Hill is $134,000. Jobs based in Fobes Hill grew to 151 in 2023, 64 more than in 2013.
| Fobes Hill | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $134,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Washington overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 50% of residents (38% statewide). 46% of Fobes Hill adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Fobes Hill | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 46% | 30% | 29% |
| Median age | 42.2 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Fobes Hill | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.5% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.6% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.7% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 19.2% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.7% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.4% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.1% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 18.9% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.2% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.8% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.9% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
In Fobes Hill, expect mild winters and pleasant summers
The Monroe weather station, 9 miles away, records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 97% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 74.7°, cooler than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.4°.
Fobes Hill has mild winters and cool summers. Fobes Hill’s July high is 75°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Fobes Hill | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 75°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 35°F | 35°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fobes Hill faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by earthquakes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 65% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Fobes Hill since 2025.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fobes Hill has set aside 8.1% of its land for conservation
2.0 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Fobes Hill | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.1% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Fobes Hill sell for about $750K
At 7.2 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 76% of Washington towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $7,334, against $4,556 across Washington, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Fobes Hill
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Fobes Hill
About 4 of every 100 Fobes Hill residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Fobes Hill
CDP in Washington, United States
Fobes Hill is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fobes Hill had a population of 2,628. Fobes Hill is a middle class residential community located along Fobes Road, northwest of the city of Snohomish.
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- Area
- 4.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 203 ft
- Area code
- 360
Fobes Hill’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Fobes Hill.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fobes Hill | #50 | B+ | C− | — | A− | A |
| Snohomish | #125 | B− | D | C+ | A− | A− |
| Bunk Foss | #112 | B− | D− | — | A− | A |
Fobes Hill and Bunk Foss report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fobes Hill with a neighbor →
Questions about Fobes Hill
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fobes Hill, WA a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Fobes Hill grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #50 of 285 in Washington. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Fobes Hill, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $828,000, 41% 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 C−.