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17,638people live here $90,969median household income▲ 13% above US $1,760median rent per month▲ 25% above US $655,200median home value▲ 97% above US

Bryn Mawr-Skyway is an unincorporated community in King County, WA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Bryn Mawr-Skyway

Bryn Mawr-Skyway is an unincorporated community in Washington with household incomes running above the national average, schools with class sizes near the national average, and public transit that many commuters actually use. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Bryn Mawr-Skyway deals with rent well above the national average, home prices well above the national average, commute times longer than most cities, and a population that has been shrinking.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes
Average class sizes
Public transit that many commuters use

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
High home prices
Above-average commute times
Shrinking population
High rent burden for renters

How Bryn Mawr-Skyway compares

Median household income

Bryn Mawr-Skyway$90,969

Washington avg$98,141

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Bryn Mawr-Skyway$1,760

Washington avg$1,760

US$1,413

Median home value

Bryn Mawr-Skyway$655,200

Washington avg$564,600

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Bryn Mawr-Skyway

Based on Bryn Mawr-Skyway's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,520

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $70,400 a year
58% of Bryn Mawr-Skyway renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$131,040

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $65,520
Homes cost 7.2× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 25% above US

$1,760/mo median rent

Rent runs on the higher side, at $1,760 a month median. Whether that premium makes sense usually comes down to the local job market and what it pays. Home prices are steep, with a median around $655,200. Renting first to get a feel for the city before buying is often the more practical route.

Median home value $655,200 · 58% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

4.5% county unemployment

Unemployment in King County is 4.5%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

King County (county-wide)

Safety

167 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Bryn Mawr-Skyway doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the King County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 985/100k · Policed by King County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 25% above US

33 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 32.6 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 10% take public transit; 20% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

59%

Work from home

20%

Public transit

10%

Carpool

9.4%

Other

1.0%

Walk

0.6%

Climate

Summers are comfortable, with highs around 75°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 37°F.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforceNear US average

38% bachelor's degree or higher

Education levels run about average, with 38% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.

Schools

5 public schools inside the boundary

There are 5 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16:1, close to the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park (8 miles away). There are 7 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Bryn Mawr-Skyway's strongest points are household incomes running above the national average and public transit that many commuters actually use; the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and home prices well above the national average. A year of median rent ($1,760/mo) equals 23% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (20% of workers here already work from home) and people who would rather not drive. It may be a harder fit for people who dread long commutes.

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