MaltbyWA
The town, settled in 1887, counts 10,910 residents.
Is Maltby a good place to live?
A good place to live, if you can afford it. Incomes are its strong suit (A+): the median household earns $185K. At A overall, Maltby is better than 87% of U.S. towns and ranks 18th of 285 in Washington. Health is a strength too — it is healthier than 96% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.0 million, 8.7 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. Hazard risk is weaker too (C+): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than three fifths of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. The biggest place to walk is Paradise Valley Conservation Area, 528 acres with 13.1 miles of trail. Maltby's schools outperform 93% of the state's.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index · schools, state test and graduation results · OpenStreetMap.
What makes Maltby stand out
Where Maltby beats most towns.
42 miles of trails in Maltby
9.4% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
How Maltby grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Maltby is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 11%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Space Needle and 127 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maltby. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
18 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
17 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
14 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 Maltby: who provides what
Maltby 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 Maltby.
Maltby 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.
Protected land: 9.4% of Maltby
Across 6 parks and preserves: 42 miles of trail. Maltby’s trail density is 2.2 miles per square mile, above both Washington’s towns (0.8) and U.S. towns (0.4).
| Maltby | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 2.2 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 9.4% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Paradise Valley Conservation Area | 13.1 mi | 528 |
| 2. PVCA Phase 2 | 4.3 mi | 264 |
| 3. Brightwater Park | 4.1 mi | 115 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Maltby’s grade for schools is an A
That grade comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1M.
One of its 4 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kokanee ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 651 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Maltby’s grade for health is an A+
Its widest gap with Washington is food insecurity: 5.6% of its 8,904 adults worry about having enough food, against 10.2% statewide. Against the 1,232 U.S. towns with household incomes like Maltby’s, it is healthier than 61%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Among adults in Maltby, 12% say their health is fair or poor. Maltby: 14% of adults get no exercise outside work, below both the Washington town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (25%). In Maltby, 14% of adults report frequent mental distress, and 8% smoke cigarettes. Against the Washington average, Maltby comes out ahead on 20 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 1.
| Maltby | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8% | 11% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Maltby | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.6% | 10.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.8% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer young adults than Washington overall
The median household earns $185,457, against $98,141 across Washington, one input to its A+ for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 47% of residents (38% statewide). For adults 25 and older in Maltby, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 47%. In Maltby, the midpoint age is 46.4 years.
| Maltby | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 47% | 30% | 29% |
| Median age | 46.4 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 16% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.2 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Maltby | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.6% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.9% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.7% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.5% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.9% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.7% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.8% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.2% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.9% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.9% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.8% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30.7% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.6% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expect mild winters and pleasant summers in Maltby
The Monroe weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 74.4°, cooler than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.4°.
About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter. For Maltby, the midsummer high is 74°F.
| Maltby | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 74°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 35°F | 35°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With 1.3 jobs for every working resident, Maltby draws in 6,651 commuters
28.8% of workers work from home, against 19.8% across Washington.
Among 285 Washington towns, just 10 have a higher median household income than Maltby. Most people who work leave Maltby to do it: just 4% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 1,559, to 6,857. In Maltby, 29% of workers work remotely from home.
| Maltby | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $185,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 29% | 15% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a high hazard risk in Maltby: earthquakes
Since 1980, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Maltby. FEMA puts nearly two thirds of the town’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 28% to inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Maltby sells for about $1.14M at the median
At 8.7 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 92% of Washington towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $8,338, against $4,556 across Washington, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
On the market in Maltby: a median 26 days to sell. The midpoint rent in the town is $2,158 a month. Maltby: 91% of households are owner-occupiers.
| Maltby | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,158 a month | $1,737 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 91% | 70% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Maltby
Colleges nearby
12 within 15 miles of the center of Maltby
About 3 of every 100 Maltby residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Maltby
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Maltby is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington. The population was 11,277 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 19 sq mi
- Elevation
- 397 ft
- Area code
- 425
Maltby’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Maltby.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maltby | #18 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Cathcart | — | — | D | — | A− | A |
| High Bridge | #108 | B− | C− | — | B | A |
| Bothell | #23 | A− | D− | B− | A+ | A+ |
| Clearview | #14 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Bothell East | #5 | A | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Cottage Lake | #19 | A | D | — | A+ | A+ |
Cathcart has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Maltby, Cathcart, High Bridge, Clearview, Bothell East and Cottage Lake report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Maltby with a neighbor →
Questions about Maltby
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Maltby, WA a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Maltby grades A overall, better than 87% of U.S. towns and #18 of 285 in Washington. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Maltby, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $1,002,000, 71% 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.