High BridgeWA
This town in Washington has a population of 3,196.
Is High Bridge a good place to live?
High Bridge’s overall grade is B−, better than 55% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 108th of 285 in Washington. Its strongest is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 89% of the country. It is strong on incomes as well: the median household earns $167K. The weak point is cost of living (C−): the typical home is worth about $964K, 8.4 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. Walkability is weaker too (C). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than nearly three quarters of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 26 of Washington’s 397 towns do worse.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · USGS PAD-US.
98% of working residents leave High Bridge for work
Where High Bridge’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How High Bridge grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far High Bridge is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Space Needle and 123 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around High Bridge. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
20 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
20 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
17 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 High Bridge: who provides what
High Bridge 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 High Bridge.
High Bridge has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has less food insecurity than most of Washington, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Washington.
High Bridge earns an A for health
Its widest gap with Washington is food insecurity: 5.9% of its 2,519 adults worry about having enough food, against 10.2% statewide. Against the 1,787 U.S. towns with household incomes like High Bridge’s, it is less healthy than 64%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
The share of adults in High Bridge who sleep under 7 hours: 31%. 15% of High Bridge adults get no exercise outside work, below both the Washington town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (25%). Of 31 CDC measures, High Bridge beats the Washington average on 12 and trails it on 3. In High Bridge, 74% of adults had a checkup this year, and 5.9% worry about having enough food.
| High Bridge | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 71% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 5.9% | 10% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | High Bridge | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.9% | 10.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.3% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
High Bridge sends most of its workers out of town
High Bridge has 318 jobs for its 1,496 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 29.9% of workers work from home, against 19.8% across Washington.
1.6% of High Bridge working residents work locally, where Washington’s towns sit at 5% and U.S. towns at 8%. Jobs in High Bridge grew by 180 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 318. The average trip to work in the town is 31 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 14 miles.
| High Bridge | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $167,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Washington overall
The median household earns $167,337, against $98,141 across Washington, one input to its A− for jobs and income.
For High Bridge, the midpoint age is 46.5 years. Adults 18 to 34 are just over one in ten residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 47% of residents (38% statewide). 48% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in the town.
| High Bridge | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 48% | 30% | 29% |
| Median age | 46.5 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.3 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| High Bridge | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.5% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.9% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.6% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.4% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.5% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.6% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.3% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.3% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 8.9% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 28.9% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.8% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 32.6% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.5% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,200, single groups can be off by several points
High Bridge faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by earthquakes
High Bridge’s FEMA risk score is 69 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 46% come from earthquakes and 43% from inland flooding. One flood insurance claim has been paid in the town since 2025.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in High Bridge brings mild winters and pleasant summers
The Monroe weather station records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 75.2°, cooler than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 34.8°.
The January low for High Bridge comes to 35°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| High Bridge | 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
Open space protected for good: 2.3% of High Bridge
Just 103 of its 4,465 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in High Bridge itself; its outdoors grade is D.
Across 1 park or preserve: 0.2 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lost Lake Public Access | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in High Bridge sells for about $1.2M at the median
At 8.4 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 90% of Washington towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $6,997, against $4,556 across Washington, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
High Bridge: 94% of households live in a home they own. A home in High Bridge typically sold within 12 days of listing. In High Bridge, the typical sale closed at 99.6% of the list price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about High Bridge
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of High Bridge
About 3 of every 100 High Bridge residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About High Bridge
CDP in Washington, United States
High Bridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,140 at the 2020 census, up from 2,994 at the 2010 census. High Bridge includes the Echo Lake community and the former Echo Lake CDP, which was superseded by the larger High Bridge CDP in 2010.
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- Area
- 7.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 541 ft
- Area code
- 360
High Bridge’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with High Bridge.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Bridge | #108 | B− | C− | — | B | A |
| Maltby | #18 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Cottage Lake | #19 | A | D | — | A+ | A+ |
High Bridge, Maltby and Cottage Lake report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare High Bridge with a neighbor →
Questions about High Bridge
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is High Bridge, WA a good place to live?
High Bridge grades B− overall, better than 55% of U.S. towns and #108 of 285 in Washington. It grades A for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is High Bridge, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $964,000, 64% 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−.