Otis Orchards-East FarmsWA
This town in Washington has a population of 5,454.
Is Otis Orchards-East Farms a good place to live?
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Its weakest is walkability (C). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than nearly three quarters of U.S. towns. Incomes are where it shines (B+): the median household earns $98K. Homes run about $463K for a typical one, 6 times the Spokane metro’s $77K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a C+ overall, ranking 163rd of 285 in Washington. That leaves it better than 38% of U.S. towns. Spokane River Centennial State Park, at 63 acres with 1.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · OpenStreetMap.
What makes Otis Orchards-East Farms stand out
Where Otis Orchards-East Farms beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Otis Orchards-East Farms for work
Where Otis Orchards-East Farms’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
How Otis Orchards-East Farms grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Otis Orchards-East Farms is from typical.
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Coeur D'Alene Lake and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Otis Orchards-East Farms. Close and well known come first.
18 mi LakeCoeur D'Alene Lake
23 mi Theme parkSilverwood Theme Park
16 mi Stadium & arenaNumerica Veterans Arena
16 mi Theme parkRiverfront Park15 mi Ski areaMt. Spokane61 runs · 1,974 ft vertical
16 mi GardenManito Park and Botanical GardensPhoto credits
Coeur D'Alene Lake: The original uploader was Jamidwyer at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Silverwood Theme Park: nicanicasather, CC BY 2.0 · Numerica Veterans Arena: Jdubman at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Riverfront Park: en:User:Sundodger, Public domain · Manito Park and Botanical Gardens: Jdubman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Otis Orchards-East Farms: who provides what
Otis Orchards-East Farms is unincorporated, so Spokane 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 Otis Orchards-East Farms.
Otis Orchards-East Farms carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Washington (mostly inland flooding) and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Washington; it also trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Low risk in Otis Orchards-East Farms, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 93% of Washington towns, with expected losses of about $264 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
Otis Orchards-East Farms’ natural-hazard score from FEMA is 21 of 100, below both Washington’s towns (69 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100). Expected losses in Otis Orchards-East Farms break down as 61% from inland flooding and 20% from cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Otis Orchards-East Farms’ schools rank behind 51% of Washington districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Public schools: the East Valley School District. 2 public schools serve Otis Orchards-East Farms, with 726 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Farms STEAM SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 387 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Otis Orchards-East Farms has 0.3 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
2.8% of Otis Orchards-East Farms working residents work locally. The town had 796 jobs in 2024, up 116 from 2014. In Otis Orchards-East Farms, 5.6% of residents live below the poverty line, against 7.9% in Washington’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Spokane Valley (29%), Spokane (28%) and Liberty Lake (7%).
| Otis Orchards-East Farms | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 4.9% | 7.9% |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Otis Orchards-East Farms earns a C for cost of living
For Otis Orchards-East Farms, the going rate for rent is $1,189 a month. Zillow values the typical Otis Orchards-East Farms home at about $463,000, up 1.3% in a year, 21% below the Washington typical home. 87% of households live in a home they own locally.
| Otis Orchards-East Farms | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,189 a month | $1,740 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Otis Orchards-East Farms: snowy winters and pleasant summers
January nights average 25°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 80% of Washington places with climate records; July afternoons average 84°.
About 45 inches of snow falls in a winter. A typical year brings Otis Orchards-East Farms about 22 inches of rain and snow.
| Otis Orchards-East Farms | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 84°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 25°F | 35°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2% of the land in Otis Orchards-East Farms is protected from building
In Otis Orchards-East Farms, the density of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Otis Orchards-East Farms | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Spokane River Centennial State Park | 1.6 mi | 63 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Residents of Otis Orchards-East Farms are less healthy than 52% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,938 U.S. towns with household incomes like Otis Orchards-East Farms’s, it is less healthy than 74%, so it trails even them.
The share of adults in Otis Orchards-East Farms who report frequent mental distress is 18%. Against the Washington average, Otis Orchards-East Farms comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 17. Among adults locally, 27% have been diagnosed with depression and 15% report frequent physical distress.
| Otis Orchards-East Farms | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 71% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Otis Orchards-East Farms | WA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults getting a yearly checkup | 73.8% | 70.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.6% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Otis Orchards-East Farms
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Otis Orchards-East Farms
About 2 of every 100 Otis Orchards-East Farms residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Otis Orchards-East Farms
CDP in Washington, United States
Otis Orchards-East Farms is a census-designated place (CDP) in Spokane County, Washington, United States, near the county's border with Idaho. The population was 6,299 at the 2020 census. The CDP includes the unincorporated communities of Otis Orchards and East Farms. Otis Orchards contains the bulk of the businesses of the community. Otis Orchards-East Farms is north of the Spokane River from Liberty Lake, Washington and west of Rathdrum, Idaho and Stateline, Idaho. Part of Otis Orchards was recently incorporated into the new city of Spokane Valley. Otis Orchards is in the eastern part of the Spokane River valley, and is in the Spokane, Washington metro area.
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- Area
- 8.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,070 ft
Questions about Otis Orchards-East Farms
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Otis Orchards-East Farms, WA a good place to live?
Otis Orchards-East Farms grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #163 of 285 in Washington. It grades B− for health and B− for schools.
Is Otis Orchards-East Farms, WA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.