Sisco HeightsWA
3,015 residents make their home in this town in Washington.
Is Sisco Heights a good place to live?
The weak point is walkability (D−). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. With a C+ overall, Sisco Heights is better than just over a third of U.S. towns. Its place in the ranking is 175th of 285 in Washington. Health is its strong suit (A−): residents are healthier than 80% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $735K, 6.4 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. Incomes are a strength too (A−): the median household earns $119K. Sisco Heights’ peak summer temperature is 74°F, against 77°F in Washington’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · NOAA normals, 1991–2020.
Sisco Heights has grown 17% from 2010 to 2020
2,696 counted in 2010 and 3,140 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Sisco Heights grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Sisco Heights is from typical.
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Moving to Sisco Heights: who provides what
Sisco Heights 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 Sisco Heights.
Sisco Heights has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, sends most of its workers to Everett and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
For health, Sisco Heights earns an A−
Against the 5,862 U.S. towns with household incomes like Sisco Heights’s, it is healthier than 56%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Among adults in Sisco Heights, 17% get no exercise outside work and 27% have been diagnosed with depression. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Sisco Heights is ahead of Washington on 10 and behind on 6. 73% of adults had a checkup this year locally.
| Sisco Heights | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 71% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 7.9% | 10% | 14% |
| What stands out | Sisco Heights | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.9% | 10.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.8% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Sisco Heights
Sisco Heights has 343 jobs for its 1,497 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 34.5 minutes, against 26.6 across Washington.
The mean commuting time for Sisco Heights comes to 35 minutes. Most people who work leave Sisco Heights to do it: just 1% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 86, to 343. The top destinations are Everett (19%), Seattle (12%) and Arlington (7%).
| Sisco Heights | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $119,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Sisco Heights
The Monroe weather station, 20 miles away, records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 97% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 73.9°, cooler than in 99% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.3°.
Sisco Heights’ January low comes in at 35°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Sisco Heights | 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
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Sisco Heights: earthquakes
On expected storm and flood damage, Sisco Heights sits below 59% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Sisco Heights break down as 51% from earthquakes and 37% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Open space protected for good: 1.5% of Sisco Heights
In Sisco Heights, the concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile. 3.0 miles of trail.
| Sisco Heights | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.5% | 4% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Sisco Heights sell for about $1.22M
87% of Sisco Heights households own their home. In Sisco Heights, the median rent is $1,701 a month.
| Sisco Heights | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,701 a month | $1,740 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Space Needle and 106 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sisco Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
38 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
37 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
34 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
Everything we know about Sisco Heights
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sisco Heights
About 3 of every 100 Sisco Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
99% of working residents leave Sisco Heights for work
Where Sisco Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Sisco Heights
CDP in Washington, United States
Sisco Heights is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is located between Arlington and Marysville along State Route 9. As of the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 3,140 people.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 13 sq mi
- Elevation
- 449 ft
- Area code
- 360
Sisco Heights’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Sisco Heights.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sisco Heights | #175 | C+ | C | — | C+ | A− |
| Marysville | #185 | C | C− | C+ | C | A− |
| Arlington | #198 | C | C− | C− | B | B+ |
| Lake Cassidy | #89 | B | C− | — | B | A− |
Sisco Heights and Lake Cassidy report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sisco Heights with a neighbor →
Questions about Sisco Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sisco Heights, WA a good place to live?
Sisco Heights grades C+ overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #175 of 285 in Washington. It grades A− for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Sisco Heights, WA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $735,000, 25% 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.