Wilderness RimWA
This town in Washington has a population 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 middle 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 home-ownership rate 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
Just over a tenth of Wilderness Rim adults get no exercise outside work. This Washington town does better than the Washington average on 18 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 3. Among 286 Washington towns, just 6 have a higher share of adults who binge drink than Wilderness Rim.
| 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 per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
3.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Wilderness Rim. Since 2013, Wilderness Rim has added 57 jobs, to 86 in 2023. Half of commuters travel less than 24 miles. The top destinations are Seattle (24%), Bellevue (12%) and Snoqualmie (7%).
| 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
Among adults 25 and older, 49% have a four-year degree or more, against 40% across Washington. Adults 35 to 64 are 51% of residents (38% statewide); people 65 and older are 4% of residents (17% statewide). The share of residents in Wilderness Rim who are under 18: 19%.
| 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
Natural hazards: high risk in Wilderness Rim, mostly avalanches
Wilderness Rim’s FEMA risk score is 77 of 100. Expected losses in Wilderness Rim break down as 87% from avalanches and 9% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Wilderness Rim has snowy winters and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 42 inches of snow, with January nights at 33° and July afternoons at 74°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Wilderness Rim sells for about $770K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Space Needle and 125 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−.