Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,640, settled in 1874.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Overall it grades C, 207th among Washington's 285 graded towns. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 79% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is schools: its schools rank behind 83% of the state's. No town among the 132 in Washington we compare has a lower property crime rate than Winlock.
Where Winlock beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Winlock’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Winlock is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 655 in 1900, 1,472 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1925 and 2 maps from 1953 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Winlock, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Winlock.
Winlock fares better on crime within Washington than nationally, has cooler summers than nearly all U.S. towns and has property taxes about half the Washington norm.
Among 285 Washington towns, just 7 have a higher FEMA risk score than Winlock. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Winlock since 2007.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Winlock School District. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winlock Miller ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 415 | – |
| Winlock Senior HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 226 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
At 8.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 96% of Washington’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 31 to 3 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Winlock’s violent crime rate is 0.4 per 1,000 residents, against 1.5 in Washington’s towns and 1.6 across U.S. towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Jobs based here grew from 342 in 2013 to 509.
Most working residents leave Winlock for work: only 7% work in town. Winlock’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, above both Washington’s towns (27 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). 15% of Winlock residents live below the poverty line.
| Winlock | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 7.7% | 15% | 11% |
| Median household income | $80,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median property tax bill is $1,687, against $4,556 across Washington, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Winlock home is worth about $457,000, up 2% in a year, 22% below the Washington typical home. Winlock’s median rent is $1,119 a month.
| Winlock | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,119 a month | $1,740 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
July afternoons average 77.4°, cooler than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 33.6°.
Winlock has mild winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Winlock is 77°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Winlock | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 77°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 34°F | 35°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Winlock | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.2% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Winolequa Memorial Park | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Winlock beats the Washington average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 18. 66% of adults had a checkup this year in Winlock.
| Winlock | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 66% | 71% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 36% |
| What stands out | Winlock | WA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15% | 9% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 16.1% | 10.2% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 11.1% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Winlock. Close and well known come first.
39 mi Park & preserveMount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
3 mi AttractionGospodor Monument Park12 mi MuseumVeterans Memorial Museum
12 mi MuseumBurlington Northern Railroad Depot16 mi GardenGeorge Washington Park
34 mi MuseumOlympic Flight MuseumMount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument: Lyn Topinka, Public domain · Gospodor Monument Park: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Burlington Northern Railroad Depot: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Olympic Flight Museum: Articseahorse, CC BY-SA 4.0
None within 15 miles of Winlock; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Winlock residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
City in Washington, United States
Winlock () is a city in Lewis County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,472 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 2,515 in 2024. It was named after territorial army general, William Winlock Miller, who briefly resided there. Winlock is mostly famous for having the World's Largest Egg, reflecting its former status as a major producer of eggs. Early in its history, Winlock attracted many immigrants from Finland, Germany, and Sweden.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Winlock grades C overall, better than 25% of U.S. towns and #207 of 285 in Washington. It grades B− for health, A− for safety and C− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
That is 6.1 years of the area's median household income ($74,796 across the Centralia, WA area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
