TietonWA
A town of 1,657, settled in 1909.
Is Tieton a good place to live?
Tieton’s best subject grade is a B+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. 34% of residents are under 18 in Tieton, against 22% in Washington’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. On cost of living, just 13 of Washington’s 395 towns do better. Tieton's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 94% of U.S. towns. Tieton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Tieton stand out
Where Tieton beats most towns.
Tieton has grown 40% since 2010
1,191 counted in 2010 and 1,389 in 2020; an estimated 1,657 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Tieton grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Tieton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Tieton: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tieton, and how to reach them.
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 Tieton.
A typical Tieton home is worth about $339K
The typical Tieton home is worth about $339,000, down 0.7% in a year, 42% below the Washington typical home. Tieton’s median rent is $977 a month, where Washington’s towns sit at $1,739 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month.
| Tieton | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $977 a month | $1,739 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 71% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools in Tieton fall behind 65% of Washington districts
Its public schools are run by the Highland School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tieton Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 202 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Avalanches leads a very high hazard risk in Tieton
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 82% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Tieton since 2016.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Tieton is less healthy than 67% of U.S. towns
Tieton beats the Washington average on 3 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 21% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Tieton. Among 286 Washington towns, just 10 have a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Tieton.
| Tieton | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 7.8% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 67% | 71% | 79% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 17% | 19% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Tieton | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 19.8% | 24.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 20.6% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Tieton has four seasons and pleasant summers
Tieton has chilly winters and warm summers, with very little rain. Tieton’s July high is 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With 1.3 jobs for every working resident, Tieton draws in 635 commuters
Most working residents leave Tieton for work: only 7% work in town. 18% of Tieton residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Tieton has added 344 jobs, to 672 in 2023.
| Tieton | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Koempel Park | — | 2 |
| 2. Tieton Town Square | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mount Rainier National Park and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tieton. Close and well known come first.
33 mi National ParkMount Rainier National Park1.6M visitors a year
14 mi MuseumYakima Electric Railway Museum
38 mi Ski areaCrystal Mountain86 runs · 2,389 ft vertical
39 mi State parkGinkgo Petrified Forest State Park31 mi Ski areaWhite Pass Ski Area55 runs · 2,035 ft vertical
14 mi TheatreCapitol TheatrePhoto credits
Mount Rainier National Park: Ricardo Martins from Gent, Belgium, CC BY 2.0 · Yakima Electric Railway Museum: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Crystal Mountain: ZhengZhou, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park: No machine-readable author provided. Justinleif~commonswiki assumed (based on co, Public domain · Capitol Theatre: User:Cacophony, CC BY 2.5
Everything we know about Tieton
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Tieton
About 3 of every 100 Tieton residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Tieton
City in Washington, United States
Tieton () is a city in Yakima County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,389 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,923 ft
- ZIP code
- 98947
- Area code
- 509
Questions about Tieton
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Tieton, WA expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.