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22,306people live here $163,418median household income▲ 102% above US $2,881median rent per month▲ 104% above US $859,900median home value▲ 158% above US

Silver Firs is an unincorporated community in Snohomish 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 Silver Firs

Silver Firs is an unincorporated community in Washington with household incomes running above the national average and a highly educated workforce. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Silver Firs deals with rent well above the national average, home prices well above the national average, commute times longer than most cities, and larger class sizes than the national average.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes
Highly educated workforce

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
High home prices
Above-average commute times
High student-teacher ratio

How Silver Firs compares

Median household income

Silver Firs$163,418

Washington avg$98,141

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Silver Firs$2,881

Washington avg$1,760

US$1,413

Median home value

Silver Firs$859,900

Washington avg$564,600

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Silver Firs

Based on Silver Firs's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$5,762

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

Income to keep rent under 30%: $115,240 a year
36% of Silver Firs renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$171,980

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $85,990
Homes cost 5.3× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 104% above US

$2,881/mo median rent

Rent is expensive here, at $2,881 a month median and well above the national average. This is the kind of city where housing costs deserve serious budgeting before committing to a move. Home prices are steep, with a median around $859,900. Renting first to get a feel for the city before buying is often the more practical route.

Median home value $859,900 · 36% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

4.7% county unemployment

Unemployment in Snohomish County is 4.7%, 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.

Snohomish County (county-wide)

Safety

104 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Silver Firs doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Snohomish 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 627/100k · Policed by Snohomish County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 22% above US

32 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 31.7 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; 27% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

64%

Work from home

27%

Carpool

6.3%

Public transit

1.8%

Other

1.5%

Walk

0.4%

Climate

Summers are comfortable, with highs around 71°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 37°F.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▲ 44% above US

52% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a highly educated city, with over half the adult population holding a college degree. That tends to shape the job market and the broader culture, and it's a solid indicator of a strong professional scene.

Schools

6 public schools inside the boundary

There are 6 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21:1, above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Wing Luke Museum Affiliated Area (20 miles away). There are 7 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Silver Firs's strongest points are household incomes running above the national average and a highly educated workforce; the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and home prices well above the national average. A year of median rent ($2,881/mo) equals 21% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (27% of workers here already work from home) and college-educated professionals. It may be a harder fit for renters on a tight budget.

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