Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 2,844 people, lies in Washington.
Gleed’s overall grade of C− puts it better than nearly a quarter of U.S. towns, 217th of 285 in Washington. Its weakest subject is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. It also trails on cost of living: the typical home is worth about $354K, 5 years of the Yakima metro’s $71K median household income. Where it does best is health: residents are healthier than 61% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. James Gleed Barn is on the National Register of Historic Places. The town’s mean commuting time is 16 minutes, below both Washington’s towns (27 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). On the outdoors, just 24 of Washington’s 397 towns do worse.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places · USGS PAD-US.
Where Gleed’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Gleed is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,947 in 2000, 2,873 in 2020. The archive holds 3 maps from 1958 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Gleed is unincorporated, so Yakima 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 Gleed.
Gleed has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Washington; it also is a long drive from an emergency room and has little public open land.
The average commute for its 1,148 working residents takes 15.9 minutes, against 26.6 across Washington. Jobs based here grew from 372 in 2013 to 746.
The typical household income for Gleed comes to $79,000. Most working residents leave Gleed for work: only 3% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in the town rose by 374, to 746. The share of residents in Gleed who live below the poverty line: 14%.
| Gleed | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $79,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 5% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On expected storm and flood damage, Gleed sits above 78% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Gleed break down as 58% from inland flooding and 17% from earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 24.9°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 78% of Washington places with climate records; July afternoons average 88.2°.
Gleed’s midsummer high is 88°F. About 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Gleed | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 88°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 25°F | 35°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The nearest emergency room, Kittitas Valley Community Hospital, is 22.9 miles away in a straight line. Within Washington it is less healthy than 73% of the 285 graded towns: Washington sets a high bar.
For adults in Gleed, the share who binge drink is 16%. Against the Washington average, Gleed comes out ahead on 2 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 12. 73% of adults in the town had a checkup this year; 36% have high blood pressure.
| Gleed | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 71% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 31% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Gleed | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults sleeping under 7 hours | 27.2% | 31.8% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 76.2% | 70.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 7% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Just 7 of its 3,436 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Gleed itself; its outdoors grade is D.
There are 0.5 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve. For Gleed, the trail network density is 0.1 miles per square mile. The town has one park or preserve, 6 acres in all.
| Gleed | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lower Naches Community Park | 0.1 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Gleed, 87% of households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gleed. Close and well known come first.
6 mi MuseumYakima Electric Railway Museum
35 mi State parkGinkgo Petrified Forest State Park38 mi Ski areaWhite Pass Ski Area55 runs · 2,035 ft vertical
6 mi TheatreCapitol Theatre
8 mi GardenYakima Area ArboretumYakima Electric Railway Museum: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park: No machine-readable author provided. Justinleif~commonswiki assumed (based on co, Public domain · Capitol Theatre: User:Cacophony, CC BY 2.5 · Yakima Area Arboretum: Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Gleed
About 3 of every 100 Gleed residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
CDP in Washington, United States
Gleed is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yakima County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,873 at the 2020 census.
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One town shares a border with Gleed.
Gleed reports no FBI crime data of its own. Eschbach isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Gleed with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Gleed grades C− overall, better than 23% of U.S. towns and #217 of 285 in Washington. It grades B for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $354,000, 40% below 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−.
