Fobes HillWA
The town, home to 2,569 people, lies in Washington.
Is Fobes Hill a good place to live?
Fobes Hill’s best grade is for health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 90% of the country. Schools are a strength too: its schools rank ahead of 84% of Washington towns. What holds it back is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $828K, 7.2 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. It also trails on hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 65% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. The overall grade lands at B+, 50th of 285 in Washington. Nationally, it does better than 72% of U.S. towns. Its average trip to work is 34 minutes, where Washington’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index.
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.
In Fobes Hill, 14% of adults say their health is fair or poor. CDC measures, 31 in all: Fobes Hill beats Washington on 12 and trails on 3. 15% of adults in Fobes Hill report frequent mental distress; 9.2% smoke cigarettes.
| 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−
The public schools here belong to the Snohomish School District. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Fobes Hill’s public school: 489 students.
| 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 of Fobes Hill’s workers leave town for work
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.
Half commute less than 14 miles. Jobs in Fobes Hill grew by 64 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 151. Its middle household income comes in at $134,000. Among 285 Washington towns, just 9 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Fobes Hill.
| Fobes Hill | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $134,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Washington overall
For adults 25 and older in Fobes Hill, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 46%. Adults 18 to 34 are just over one in ten residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 50% of residents (38% statewide). Its median age stands at 42.2 years.
| 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
Mild winters and pleasant summers: that is Fobes Hill’s year
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°.
About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter. In Fobes Hill, the peak summer temperature is 75°F.
| 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
Flood insurance has paid one claim in Fobes Hill since 2025. Expected losses in Fobes Hill break down as 71% from earthquakes and 23% from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Open space protected for good: 8.1% of Fobes Hill
2.0 miles of trail. The density of trails for Fobes Hill comes to 0.4 miles per square mile.
| 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 $875K
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.
Fobes Hill’s rent at the middle of the market is $1,401 a month. Among households here, 86% are owner-occupiers.
| Fobes Hill | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,401 a month | $1,740 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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−.