Salmon CreekWA
A town of 20,017.
Is Salmon Creek a good place to live?
Salmon Creek grades B− overall, 110th among Washington's 285 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $112K and it is healthier than 77% of U.S. towns. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $530K, 5.4 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. Salmon Creek is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. 25% of workers work from home in Salmon Creek, above both the Washington town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (11%). Salmon Creek Regional Park, at 261 acres with 2.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
What makes Salmon Creek stand out
Where Salmon Creek beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Salmon Creek for work
Where Salmon Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Salmon Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Salmon Creek is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moda Center and 159 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Salmon Creek. Close and well known come first.
12 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
13 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
28 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
12 mi City parkForest Park
13 mi MuseumPittock Mansion
12 mi Stadium & arenaVeterans Memorial ColiseumPhoto credits
Moda Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Veterans Memorial Coliseum: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Salmon Creek: who provides what
Salmon Creek is unincorporated, so Clark 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 Salmon Creek.
Salmon Creek has set aside 9.9% of its land for conservation
Trails total 5.2 miles in 6 parks and preserves. The trail network density in Salmon Creek is 0.8 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: 6, covering 303 acres.
| Salmon Creek | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.9% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Salmon Creek Regional Park | 2.5 mi | 261 |
| 2. Cougar Creek Woods Community Park Property | 0.4 mi | 10 |
| 3. Chinook Neighborhood Park | — | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On state tests, Salmon Creek’s schools trail 64% of Washington districts
Two of the 8 schools are below, and why each made the list. The Vancouver School District runs its public schools. Public school enrollment in Salmon Creek: 3,221 students across 6 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaiser Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 750 | – |
| Skyview High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,869 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Salmon Creek’s grade for health is an A−
Against the 6,916 U.S. towns with household incomes like Salmon Creek’s, it is healthier than 57%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
8.2% of adults worry about having enough food in Salmon Creek. This Washington town does better than the Washington average on 7 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 3. Two figures for adults locally: 30% sleep under 7 hours, 10% smoke cigarettes.
| Salmon Creek | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 71% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Salmon Creek | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.9% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Salmon Creek’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.6 jobs for each of them
Only 4% of working residents stay in Salmon Creek for work; the rest commute out. Since 2013, Salmon Creek has added 1,118 jobs, to 5,333 in 2023. The share of residents in Salmon Creek who live below the poverty line: 6.1%. Half of commuters travel less than 10 miles.
| Salmon Creek | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $112,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.1% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.2% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Salmon Creek
July afternoons reach 80°, January nights drop to 35° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Salmon Creek is older than the Washington average
Washington has two in five adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 36%. People 65 and older are just over a fifth of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (24% statewide). Salmon Creek’s age of the median resident is 43.6 years.
| Salmon Creek | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 16% | 18% |
| Median age | 43.6 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 30% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1 point). Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Salmon Creek | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.6% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.3% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.7% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.2% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.6% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.3% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.8% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.3% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.6% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.2% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.1% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Salmon Creek, mostly inland flooding
Just over two fifths of Salmon Creek’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 33%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Salmon Creek sells for about $600K
The median rent for Salmon Creek comes to $1,631 a month. On the market in the town: a median 21 days to sell. 79% of Salmon Creek households live in a home they own.
| Salmon Creek | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 79% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,631 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 Salmon Creek
Colleges nearby
12 within 15 miles of the center of Salmon Creek
About 4 of every 100 Salmon Creek residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Salmon Creek
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Salmon Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 21,293 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 6.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 164 ft
- Area code
- 360
Salmon Creek’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Salmon Creek.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salmon Creek | #110 | B− | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Felida | #101 | B | D | — | C+ | A |
| Lake Shore | #111 | B− | D | — | C+ | A |
| Mount Vista | #120 | B− | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Hazel Dell | #182 | C | D | — | C+ | B |
| Barberton | #94 | B | C− | — | B− | A− |
Salmon Creek, Felida, Lake Shore, Mount Vista, Hazel Dell and Barberton report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Salmon Creek with a neighbor →
Questions about Salmon Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Salmon Creek, WA a good place to live?
Salmon Creek grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #110 of 285 in Washington. It grades A− for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Salmon Creek, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $530,000, 10% 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 D.