WollochetWA
A town of 6,689, settled in 1891. Public schools that outperform most of Washington.
Is Wollochet a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Wollochet grades A overall, 16th among Washington's 285 graded towns. The median household earns $149K. Its schools rank ahead of 88% of Washington towns and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 86% of the country. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $890K, 7.7 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. Wollochet’s median household income is $149,000, above both Washington’s towns ($98,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Among 285 Washington towns, just 4 have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Wollochet. Wollochet-Point Fosdick School is on the National Register of Historic Places.
What makes Wollochet stand out
Where Wollochet beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Wollochet for work
Where Wollochet’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wollochet grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Wollochet is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Space Needle and 129 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wollochet. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
8 mi Stadium & arenaTacoma Dome
24 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
Big draw37 mi National ParkOlympic National Park3.6M visitors a yearPhoto 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 · Tacoma Dome: Broran28, Public domain · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Olympic National Park: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5
Moving to Wollochet: who provides what
Wollochet is unincorporated, so Pierce 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 Wollochet.
Wollochet has cooler summers than nearly all U.S. towns and owes part of its health edge to its incomes, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Washington.
For schools, Wollochet earns an A
Its public schools are run by the Peninsula School District. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodman Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 519 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
For health, Wollochet earns an A
Against the 2,802 U.S. towns with household incomes like Wollochet’s, it is less healthy than 57%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
8.5% of adults smoke cigarettes in Wollochet. Wollochet beats the Washington average on 16 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Wollochet.
| Wollochet | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 11% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 71% | 79% |
| What stands out | Wollochet | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.1% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Wollochet’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Wollochet for work: only 1% work in town. 22% of Wollochet workers work from home. Jobs based in Wollochet grew to 1,290 in 2023, 289 more than in 2013.
| Wollochet | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 22% | 15% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conserved land covers 5.6% of Wollochet
4.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Narrows Park, at 32 acres.
| Wollochet | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.6% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Narrows Park | 0.1 mi | 32 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Wollochet has mild winters and pleasant summers
July afternoons average 76.9°, cooler than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 36°.
Wollochet has mild winters and pleasant summers. The January low in Wollochet is 36°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Wollochet | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 36°F | 35°F | 22°F |
| July high | 77°F | 77°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Wollochet faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by earthquakes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 59% of U.S. communities. Since 2022, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Wollochet.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For cost of living, Wollochet earns a C−
At 7.7 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 83% of Washington towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living.
Wollochet’s median rent is $1,915 a month.
| Wollochet | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,915 a month | $1,737 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 70% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Wollochet
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Wollochet
About 5 of every 100 Wollochet residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Washington.
About Wollochet
Census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington, United States
Wollochet is located in Pierce County and is a census-designated place community. As of the 2020 census, Wollochet had a population of 6,769. The ZIP Code for Wollochet is 98335.
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- Area
- 5.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 151 ft
- Area code
- 253
Wollochet’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Wollochet.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wollochet | #16 | A | C− | — | A | A |
| Gig Harbor | #102 | B | D | C− | A | A |
| Artondale | #54 | B+ | D | — | A | A |
Wollochet and Artondale report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wollochet with a neighbor →
Questions about Wollochet
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wollochet, WA a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Wollochet grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #16 of 285 in Washington. It grades A for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Wollochet, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $890,000, 51% 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−.