Wilderness RimWA
A town of 1,560.
Is Wilderness Rim a good place to live?
The best of Wilderness Rim’s subject grades are an A+ for health and schools and an A for incomes; the weakest is a C− for hazard risk. Wilderness Rim’s median household income is $150,000, above both Washington’s towns ($98,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Among 286 Washington towns, just 9 have a higher share of households owning their home than Wilderness Rim. Wilderness Rim has 1 place on the National Register. Wilderness Rim has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Wilderness Rim for work
Where Wilderness Rim’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wilderness Rim grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Wilderness Rim is from typical.
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Moving to Wilderness Rim: who provides what
Wilderness Rim is unincorporated, so King 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 Wilderness Rim.
Residents of Wilderness Rim are healthier than 96% of U.S. towns
Wilderness Rim beats the Washington average on 18 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 20% of adults binge drink in Wilderness Rim, against 17% in Washington’s towns and 16% across U.S. towns. 25% of Wilderness Rim adults have obesity.
| Wilderness Rim | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 33% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 6.5% | 9.8% | 12% |
| What stands out | Wilderness Rim | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.7% | 9% |
| Fewer adults who get no exercise | 12.1% | 17.9% |
| More binge drinkers | 20.2% | 16.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wilderness Rim has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Wilderness Rim for work: only 1% work in town. 3.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Wilderness Rim. Since 2013, Wilderness Rim has added 57 jobs, to 86 in 2023.
| Wilderness Rim | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 4.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Washington overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 51% of residents (38% statewide); people 65 and older are 4% of residents (17% statewide). The median age in Wilderness Rim is 36.2 years. 49% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across Washington.
| Wilderness Rim | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 49% | 30% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 36.2 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 28% and 63% women
The Census survey reached too few of Wilderness Rim’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±17.4 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Wilderness Rim | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.1% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.3% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.2% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 22.9% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 22.6% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.5% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 3.5% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 0.8% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.7% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 10.7% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.8% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30.3% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.4% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Avalanches leads a high hazard risk in Wilderness Rim
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Wilderness Rim, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Wilderness Rim has mild, snowy winters and cool summers, with plenty of rain. Wilderness Rim’s July high is 74°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Wilderness Rim sells for about $710K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Space Needle and 124 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wilderness Rim. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
28 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
29 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
7 mi WaterfallSnoqualmie FallsPhoto credits
Space Needle: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lumen Field: "Smart Destinations", GoSeattleCard.com, and Go Seattle Card Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Climate Pledge Arena: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0 · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seattle Underground: Mark Hursh, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Snoqualmie Falls: Meher Anand Kasam, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Wilderness Rim
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Wilderness Rim; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Wilderness Rim residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Washington.
About Wilderness Rim
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Wilderness Rim is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wilderness Rim had a population of 1,617.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,043 ft
- Area code
- 425
Questions about Wilderness Rim
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wilderness Rim, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $681,000, 16% 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−.