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Snoqualmie, WA

Snoqualmie is looking to visitors—not a single new employer—to broaden its economy.

Population
14,550
0% more from 2021 to 2026
Family households
84.4%
±6 points at 90% confidence
Local jobs
5,717
23% more from 2018 to 2023
Median income
$214,107
±$35,277 at 90% confidence
City overview

The forces shaping Snoqualmie now.

01
The employers behind the economy

Snoqualmie is looking to visitors—not a single new employer—to broaden its economy.

Snoqualmie contains 5,717 workplace jobs. Education accounts for 21% of them. Hospitality is next at 15%.

The city says residents rely heavily on employers and retailers elsewhere, while Snoqualmie Falls, the railway museum, and outdoor recreation draw more than 2.2 million visitors a year. The practical question is how much of that footfall becomes durable local business activity.

Workplace jobs: 2023
02
The trajectory

Snoqualmie is growing faster as a workplace than as a home base.

Snoqualmie’s population rose <1% from 2021–2026; its workplace job count rose 23% from 2018–2023. The source periods differ because the two series are released on different schedules.

With jobs moving 23 points faster than population, Snoqualmie is likely to rely more on inbound workers. The practical test is whether those workers can reach—or afford to live near—the expanding workplaces.

Population: 2021–2026 · jobs: 2018–2023
03
The family infrastructure

Families are 84% of households, making Snoqualmie’s 8 public-school sites consequential infrastructure.

84% of households are estimated to be families. Snoqualmie contains 8 public-school locations, but attendance boundaries may also send resident students across the city line.

Snoqualmie’s 8 public-school locations cannot measure quality or available seats. They do make enrollment change, grade-level capacity, safe routes, and the location of new homes part of the same local question.

Households: ACS 2024 · public-school locations: OSPI 2025–26
04
A split geography of work

33% work from home, while Seattle is Snoqualmie’s largest outside job destination.

33% of workers report usually working from home. In the separate workplace-flow data, 28% of observed resident jobs are in Seattle and 14% are in Bellevue.

Remote-work policy and the trip to Seattle can therefore change demand for local cafés, office space, roads, and transit even when Snoqualmie itself adds no new employer.

Work from home: 2024 · job destinations: 2023
People

Who lives here—and which households shape demand?

The typical household estimate is 3.0 people. 84% are estimated to be family households, while 14% are estimated to be people living alone.

Average household size
3.0

±0.1 people at 90% confidence

Median age
38.9

±1.3 years at 90% confidence

Living alone
14%

±5 points at 90% confidence

Bachelor’s degree+
71%

Among residents age 25 and older. ±7 points at 90% confidence

Population composition

Who lives here

Estimated share of all Snoqualmie residents. Each percentage uses the city’s total population as its denominator.

White, non-Hispanic76% ±4 pts
Asian Indian9.3% ±4 pts
Two or more races, non-Hispanic6.2% ±2 pts
Hispanic / Latino, any race2.7% ±2 pts
Chinese, except Taiwanese1.5% ±0.8 pts
Pakistani0.8% ±0.9 pts
Korean0.7% ±0.6 pts
Black, non-Hispanic0.6% ±0.6 pts
Filipino0.6% ±0.4 pts
Two or more Asian groups0.5% ±0.5 pts
Another race, non-Hispanic0.4% ±0.5 pts
Hmong0.3% ±1 pts
Vietnamese0.2% ±0.3 pts
Thai0.2% ±0.2 pts
Japanese<0.1% ±0.1 pts
American Indian / Alaska Native, non-Hispanic<0.1% ±0.1 pts
Taiwanese<0.1% ±0.1 pts
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic0.0% ±0.2 pts

0% published estimate: Mongolian, Okinawan, Other East Asian, Burmese, Cambodian, Indonesian, Laotian, Malaysian, Mien, Singaporean, Other Southeast Asian, Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Nepalese, Sikh, Sri Lankan, Other South Asian, Afghan, Kazakh, Uzbek, Other Central Asian, Other Asian, specified, Other Asian, not specified. Zero is not proof that no residents identify with that group.

ACS 2020–2024 · 5-year estimates
Dataset
U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates · tables B03002 and B02015
Period
2020–2024
Geography
Snoqualmie Census place
Definition
Race and Hispanic/Latino origin are self-reported Census concepts. Hispanic/Latino may be of any race; the broad display uses non-Hispanic race categories plus Hispanic/Latino of any race.
Method
Every percentage is shown with its 90% margin of error. Detailed Asian estimates use the Asian-alone universe and are divided by the city population for display.
Open the official source ↗
Work

What powers the local economy—and how dependent is it?

Education (includes academia/research) accounts for 21% of jobs located in Snoqualmie. The city’s job base changed +85% between 2010 and 2023.

Jobs by sector

Workplace jobs inside the city—not the industries of residents who commute elsewhere.

Education (includes academia/research)21%
Hospitality15%
Manufacturing (includes, but is not limited to, aerospace)15%
Healthcare & Social Assistance12%
Government (Public Administration)7%

Verified employer anchors

Official city economic-development finding; no city-only ranked employer table · Current or recent profile · 2025 strategic plan and tourism program. The stated employer vintage is within the current two-year publication window.

The city says residents rely heavily on employers and retailers elsewhere, while Snoqualmie Falls, the railway museum, and outdoor recreation draw more than 2.2 million visitors a year. The practical question is how much of that footfall becomes durable local business activity.

The city’s current strategy describes regional employer dependence and tourism opportunities, but does not publish a city-only ranked employer list.

City of Snoqualmie Strategic Plan and Tourism Plan ↗. Headcounts change faster than Census employment totals.

Housing

What kinds of homes exist—and where is pressure showing?

85% of occupied homes are estimated to be owner-occupied and 15% rented. The firmer current signal is construction intent: 10 homes were authorized in 2025, versus a recent pace of about 4 per year.

Home value profile

What owner-occupied homes are worth

Owner estimates from the 2020–2024 American Community Survey—not listings, recorded sales, or appraisals. The final Census band is open-ended: $2 million and above.

Median estimate$977k±40831.0 at 90% confidence
Middle half of homes$778k–$1.3MLower to upper quartile of owner estimates
Luxury-home concentration4%≈173 homes · estimated at $2M+
Under $500k5%
$500–749k17%
$750–999k31%
$1–1.49M28%
$1.5–1.99M14%
$2M+4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year tables B25075–B25078. Values cover owner-occupied homes only and do not measure current asking prices or recent purchase prices.

The housing mix we can estimate confidently

This describes the existing stock. It does not imply that one building type is preferable.

Detached houses80%
Attached houses9%
5+ unit buildings5%
Other<1%
Owner-occupied
85%

±7 points at 90% confidence

Owner cost-burdened
19%

Spending 30% or more on selected owner costs. ±6 points at 90% confidence

Homes authorized, 2025
10

Permit authorizations—not construction starts or completed homes.

Residential buildings, 2025
10

One building can contain one home or many housing units.

Permit activity: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, final annual estimate for 2025. Housing units authorized are not starts or completions.

Mobility

Where do residents need to go—and who has a real alternative to driving?

Current transit schedules include 28 stops and 414 weekday stop departures inside Snoqualmie. The 2020–2024 ACS separately estimates how workers usually commuted; it does not count every transit trip or describe today's schedule.

Weekday departures
414

Scheduled stop departures in the current covered-feed snapshot—not riders.

Transit stops
28

Matched inside city limits; nearby cross-border stops are separate.

Top outside workplace
Seattle

28% of observed resident job destinations in 2023 LODES.

Work inside the city
10%

Share of observed resident job destinations located in the same city in 2023 LODES.

Where resident workers go

Top observed workplace destinations. 10% work inside Snoqualmie.

Seattle28%
Peak drive: 45–90 min
Bellevue14%
Peak drive: 30–60 min
Redmond12%
Peak drive: 30–60 min
Issaquah6%

The strongest outside connection is Seattle. Employer or corridor changes there can alter everyday life in Snoqualmie, even when nothing changes inside the city boundary.

How residents usually get to work

Citywide ACS 2020–2024 estimates describe workers’ usual commute—not every trip made today.

Drive alone
56%

Share of workers usually driving alone. ±6 points at 90% confidence

Work from home
33%

Share of workers usually working from home. ±6 points at 90% confidence

Use public transit
1.4%

Usual commute mode—not all transit trips. ±1 points at 90% confidence

Commute 45+ minutes
23%

Share of workers with a one-way commute of at least 45 minutes. ±7 points at 90% confidence

For someone choosing a home in Snoqualmie, the practical test is the trip to Seattle, the leading outside workplace destination in the published flows. These citywide shares cannot show whether that trip works from a particular address.

Typical drive times

About how long does it take to get where people go?

Work destinations are selected from observed resident job flows. These are broad, reviewed planning ranges from representative parts of Snoqualmie—not live-traffic or door-to-door predictions.

Starting area
Downtown Seattle employment core

Seattle is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Snoqualmie, representing 24% of matched resident jobs from this city.

50–90 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Highway-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.25x circuity factor and an assumed 45 km/h peak-effective / 70 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Downtown Bellevue employment core

Bellevue is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Snoqualmie, representing 12% of matched resident jobs from this city.

35–70 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Highway-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.25x circuity factor and an assumed 45 km/h peak-effective / 70 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Overlake employment core

Redmond is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Snoqualmie, representing 10% of matched resident jobs from this city.

30–60 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Highway-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.25x circuity factor and an assumed 45 km/h peak-effective / 70 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Snoqualmie employment area

Snoqualmie is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Snoqualmie, representing 9% of matched resident jobs from this city.

5–20 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Local arterial-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.40x circuity factor and an assumed 28 km/h peak-effective / 42 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Method, review date, and sources

Planning estimate; actual time varies by departure time, route, traffic, weather, incidents, and closures.

Estimates are derived from reviewed origin/destination coordinates using a documented distance-to-time heuristic (circuity factor and assumed effective speed by corridor type and period), then deliberately widened and rounded to a broad band. No live routing or traffic API was called.

Estimates reviewed 2026-09-10. Starting point: selected representative area.

City boundary and regional context● nearby   ● work destinations
Daily life

Community institutions and local activity

Public schools, libraries, pharmacies, and listed everyday places show part of the local inventory inside Snoqualmie; taxable sales show the scale and direction of local commercial activity. Residents also use places across city lines, so a boundary count is not the same as access.

Local field guide

Places for everyday needs in Snoqualmie

Care, errands, food, fitness, and personal services gathered into one browsable directory.

Hospitals1 in cityView all
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital9801 FRONTIER AVE SE · SNOQUALMIE, WA 98065 · Critical Access Hospitals · Emergency servicesMapExplore all hospitals nearby in MapsOpen
Clinics and urgent care7 listedView all
Kaiser Permanente Snoqualmie CareClinicMapNirmal, Hema MDMapROW HealthMapSnoqualmie Foot And Ankle ClinicMapSnoqualmie Ridge Medical ClinicMapSnoqualmie Valley Health - Ridge Urgent CareMapSwedish Primary Care - SnoqualmieMapExplore all clinics and urgent care in MapsOpen
Pharmacies7 listedView all
Bartell Drugs #7535013 SE SNOQUALMIE PKWY · SNOQUALMIE, WA 98065-9709MapRidge Pharmacy7730 CENTER BLVD SE · SNOQUALMIE, WA 98065-8743MapSafeway Pharmacy #361334828 SE DOUGLAS ST · SNOQUALMIE, WA 98065-9220MapSnoqualmie Village Pharmacy7730 CENTER BLVD SE · SNOQUALMIE, WA 98065-8743MapSvh Pharmacy9801 FRONTIER AVE SE · SNOQUALMIE, WA 98065-5200MapThe Falls Pharmacy8112 RAILROAD AVE SE · SNOQUALMIE, WA 98065MapThe Falls Pharmacy8112 RAILROAD AVE SE · SNOQUALMIE, WA 98065MapExplore all pharmacies in MapsOpen
Coffee8 listedView all
The BindlestickMapBrewed AwakeningMapCafé MineeMapDark Horse BrewMapHuxdotter CoffeeMapSnoValley Coffee CompanyMapStarbucksMapThe Weekend CoffeeMapExplore all coffee in MapsOpen
Fitness9 listedView 8 places
Anytime FitnessMapCrossfitMapKingdom Fitness in TrainingMapPineapple LifeMapSnoqualmie StudiosMapSnoqualmie Valley YMCA/Community CenterMapSnoRidge CrossFitMapTwisted Bliss StudioMapExplore all fitness in MapsOpen
Groceries2 listedView all
SafewayMapSnoqualmie MarketMapExplore all groceries in MapsOpen
Convenience1 listedView all
Milk BarnMapExplore all convenience in MapsOpen
Restaurants37 listedView 8 places
Añejo Tequila BarMapAahaar an Indian EateryMapAna's Family Style Mexican RestaurantMapThe Black DogMapBuckshot HoneyMapCaadxi OaxacaMapCopperstone Family Spaghetti RestaurantMapDomino'sMapExplore all restaurants in MapsOpen
Salons and barbers9 listedView 8 places
Acacia Hair SalonMapBella Mae Beauty LLCMapGreat ClipsMapJuniper Organic SalonMapLula Ruby SalonMapRuby's Beauty & SpaMapShenui SkincareMapsnoqualmie.eyelashMapExplore all salons and barbers in MapsOpen

Counts reflect current directory records associated with the city, not a complete business census or a measure of access. Large categories show a sample.

Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), snapshot 2026-08-13; Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-08-19.0; U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (NPPES NPI Registry), snapshot 2026-09-09.

Public library footprint

Snoqualmie Library

Floor area shows the scale of the physical branches. Physical circulation is 2024 checkouts—not visits, unique users, or digital borrowing—and people routinely use libraries across city lines.

Branch floor area
6,000 sq ft

All matched branches must report floor area before a city total is shown.

Physical checkouts
78,981

Annual branch activity; not limited to city residents. All matched branches must report before a city total is shown.

Snoqualmie LibraryKing County Library System
6,000 sq ft78,981 physical checkouts54 scheduled hours/week

Source: Washington State Library public-library statistics, 2024. System-wide visits, digital circulation, and program attendance cannot be assigned honestly to one branch, so they are not folded into these city totals.

Education footprint

The schools inside Snoqualmie.

Institution counts and enrollment will remain separate. A school can serve students from outside the city, and residents may attend a school across the boundary or elsewhere in their district.

Public elementary3
  • Cascade View Elementary School (Snoqualmie)Snoqualmie Valley School District
  • Snoqualmie Elementary SchoolSnoqualmie Valley School District
  • Timber Ridge Elementary SchoolSnoqualmie Valley School District
Public middle1
  • Snoqualmie Middle SchoolSnoqualmie Valley School District
Public high2
  • Mount Si High SchoolSnoqualmie Valley School District
  • Two Rivers SchoolSnoqualmie Valley School District
Other public programs2
  • Snoqualmie AccessSnoqualmie Valley School District
  • Snoqualmie Parent Partnership ProgramSnoqualmie Valley School District

Public-school names and levels come from OSPI. Private schools, complete IPEDS college coverage, enrollment by level, and graduate destinations are active additions; absence here should not yet be read as “none.”

Retail role

Snoqualmie records relatively little retail activity for its population.

Retail sales per resident fall below 73% of the cities tracked by Metroscope. That may mean residents rely more on nearby cities for shopping, but sales records alone cannot prove where they shop.

Retail sales per resident, 2024
$7,084

Higher than 27% of 82 tracked cities.

Change from 2023
+2%

Nominal retail-sales change; inflation can account for some or all of an increase.

See the underlying sales totals
Retail trade, 2024
$103.1M

Sales reported by businesses classified in retail trade.

All taxable sales
$303.7M

Includes taxable activity outside retail trade.

Retail share
34%

Retailing industries’ share of all taxable sales.

Tracked-city median
$10,670

Median retail sales per resident across cities with comparable data.

Civic life

In Snoqualmie, voters directly choose who runs City Hall.

Snoqualmie voters elect the mayor separately from the council. The mayor leads city administration, while the council adopts laws, policy, and the budget—so executive accountability sits directly with an elected office.

Government form
Mayor–Council

The mayor is separately elected to lead administration.

Mayor listed
Jim Mayhew

The separately elected chief executive.

Council representatives listed
7

Current directory entries; vacancies or updates can make this differ from authorized seats.

Incorporated
1903

Code city under Washington law.

Where decisions happen

When does the Snoqualmie council meet?

Regular meeting schedule listed in the current municipal directory:

2nd & 4th Mon - 7:00pm

Schedules change and special meetings are separate. Check the city site for the live agenda, staff reports, public-comment rules, and video.

Official city site ↗Current officials directory ↗
Election record

Where to check Snoqualmie election results.

Regular municipal offices generally return in 2027. Special measures can appear earlier, and charter provisions can differ.

The next data step is city-specific turnout, contested-seat share, ballot measures, and campaign money. Until those are normalized, Metroscope links the official record instead of guessing from partisan elections.

Structure, meetings, and current officials: Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC), checked 2026-09-08. Election administration and certified results: the county election offices listed above. Confirm live agendas and officeholders at the source.

Change

What is changing the city’s trajectory?

Population and jobs do not always move together. Reading both helps distinguish a growing employment center from a city whose households are increasingly tied to opportunities elsewhere.

Residents
14,550

0% more from 2021 to 2026

Local jobs
5,717

23% more from 2018 to 2023

Retail trade, 2023–2024
+2%

Nominal taxable-sales change; not adjusted for inflation.

Data & details — selected comparable metrics across 82 places
Local jobs
LODES
5,717
1,506656,821
Higher than only 17% of places
Long-run job change
LODES
+85%
−3%+166%
Higher than 87% of places
Weekday transit departures
GTFS snapshot
414
19256,385
Higher than only 9% of places
Multifamily permitting
Census BPS
Near a 15-year low
Recent annual pace compared with this city's own 2010–2025 record
2BR Fair Market Rent
HUD, county-level
$2,549
FY2027 HUD program benchmark; chart shows FY2020–FY2027 history. Shared across this HUD metro area—not a place-specific market rent.
Work — sector breakdown
Share of local jobs by sector · LODES · workplace location, not resident industry
Education (includes academia/research)21% (1,173)
Hospitality15% (866)
Manufacturing (includes, but is not limited to, aerospace)15% (831)
Healthcare & Social Assistance12% (700)
Government (Public Administration)7% (372)
Construction / Real Estate6% (355)
Logistics / Industrial5% (270)
Professional Services (partial technology proxy)5% (269)
Information (partial technology proxy)4% (246)
Other4% (228)
Retail3% (160)
Administrative & Support Services2% (132)
Finance2% (115)
Where Snoqualmie's workforce lives (inbound)
LODES OD — commuting flows into local jobs
Snoqualmie
19.1%
North Bend
8.8%
Seattle
8.5%
Bellevue
5.9%
Issaquah
5.1%