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47.05° N · 122.78° W · GEOID 5370280

Tanglewilde

Thurston County, Washington · part of the Olympia, WA metro

WashingtonTanglewilde, WATanglewildeTanglewilde

The short answer

Tanglewilde is home to 6,314 people. Median household income is $100,714 a year and median rent is $1,852 a month, 22.1% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $444,900, about 4.4x annual median household income.

The story in Tanglewilde is how fast things are changing. Housing became less affordable between 2019 and 2024: rent went from 19.2% to 22.1% of income. Also notable: Home value growth is 12.8% a year, against 8.2% a year in its closest peers.

25OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Below average

Tanglewilde scores better than 25% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 145th of 190 in Washington.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%36
Economy 20%47
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%47
Education 10%36
Commute 10%31
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,852
36% above the median place
Median household income
$100,714
25% above the median place
Median home value
$444,900
39% above the median place
Unemployment
6.5%
34% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Tanglewilde

  • AffordabilityCompared with the 21 places most like it in size, age, education, housing and region (such as Mentone, CA, Larkfield-Wikiup, CA and Pollock Pines, CA), money left after rent here is higher: $77,700 against a typical $66,100.
01

Moving to Tanglewilde

Thurston County gains about 6.4 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in19,564
Moved out17,964
Net+1,600

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within Washington, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within WashingtonOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$69K
Leavers$68K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Thurston County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
16.1% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 3.4% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Thurston County report $68,600 a year in income on average; those leaving, $68,300.
Income you would need
$74,100 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,852 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $2,190 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $444,900.
Getting to work
28 minutes each way on average; 14.5% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Cloverdale, CA matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
16.1%
181% above the median place
Moved from another state1
3.4%
70% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people6
6.4
above the median place (median -0.6)
All 5 moving measures
MeasureTanglewildeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year116.1%181% above
Moved from another state1County figure3.4%70% above
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure6.4above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$68,6293% below
Income of households moving out6County figure$68,2703% below
02

What it costs to live here

Rent is about 21% higher than we would expect for a place with these incomes, education levels, housing age and household types in the same metro area. The premium usually reflects location, amenities or schools that these figures do not capture.

Tanglewilde22.1%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$74,080
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
22.1%
8% above the median place
Home price to income
4.4x
16% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
22%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$78,000
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Tanglewilde, $1,852 a month, and local prices for everything else (101.0 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Tanglewilde, but easier on the budget

Places that match Tanglewilde on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Cloverdale, CA9114.7% vs 22.1%$21,000Compare
Wheelersburg, OH9013.0% vs 22.1%n/aCompare
Columbia Falls, MT9016.1% vs 22.1%n/aCompare
Omak, WA8815.7% vs 22.1%n/aCompare

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Renters paying 30%+1
39.2%
23% below the median place
Median home value1
$444,900
39% above the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$2,190
17% above the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasureTanglewildeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,85236% above
Rent to income122.1%8% above
Property tax rate10.8%10% below
Home price to income14.4x16% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure103.73% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,94620% above
Property tax paid (median)1$3,63411% above
Median home value1$444,90039% above
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure2.3%28% below
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure48.3%6% below
Homeownership167.3%1% above
Renters paying 30%+139.2%23% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,19017% above
Vacant homes1County figure5.0%29% below
Median year built119770% below
03

Work and pay

OpenStreetMap shows 9.2 bus and rail stops per square mile, more than in 92% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track.

Unemployment1
6.5%
34% above the median place
Poverty rate1
7.0%
35% below the median place
Median household income1
$100,714
25% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Mean commute28 min +14%
Works from home14.5% +16%
Income per person$39,629 −1%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureTanglewildeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$100,71425% above
Income per person1$39,6291% below
Unemployment16.5%34% above
Average annual pay5County figure$76,23516% above
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure5.8%57% above
Jobs5County figure129,83514% below
Poverty rate17.0%35% below
Mean commute128 min14% above
Works from home114.5%16% above
Commutes by transit1County figure1.0%16% above
04

Who lives here

Homes with broadband is 88.9%, 4% below the median place.

Homes with broadband1
88.9%
4% below the median place
Born abroad1
13.1%
48% above the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
25.6%
20% below the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

No health insurance7.8% +22%
High school or higher93.6% +1%
Household size2.5 +2%
Median age38.9 −0%
All 8 people measures
MeasureTanglewildeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population16,3145759th largest
Median age138.90% below
Bachelor's or higher125.6%20% below
High school or higher193.6%1% above
Household size12.52% above
Born abroad113.1%48% above
No health insurance17.8%22% above
Homes with broadband188.9%4% below
05

Life in Tanglewilde

OpenStreetMap shows 0 libraries per 10,000 residents, fewer than in 80% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 190 Washington places we track.

68 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places. Its history on Wikipedia

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents9.5 −7%
Playgrounds per 10k4.8 −50%
Grocery stores per 10k3.2 +50%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k23.8 2.1×
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi9.2 44.0×

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Mount Rainier National Park 51 miles
  • Mount Rainier Wilderness 53 miles
  • Olympic National Park 64 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars19.1 −8%
Shops25.6 −16%
Arts, recreation and fitness3.3 −20%
Doctors' offices and clinics22.2 +10%
Child care centers2.5 +9%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site9
50.6
64% above the median place
Public schools11
83
above the median place (median 9)
Public school students11
44,281
above the median place (median 4,897)
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureTanglewildeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11County figure83above (median 9)
Public school students11County figure44,281above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher11County figure19.023% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure19.18% below
Shops per 10k7County figure25.616% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure3.320% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure22.210% above
Child care centers per 10k7County figure2.59% above
Parks per 10k89.57% below
Playgrounds per 10k84.850% below
Grocery stores per 10k83.250% above
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k823.8113% above
Libraries per 10k80.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails80.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi89.2above (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site950.664% above
National Park Service sites within 60 miles920% above
National Register listings10County figure68above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Median air quality index is 27, 37% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Tanglewilde. Larger places are fetched first.

Median air quality index14
27
37% below the median place
July average high12
77°F
11% below the median place
Good air days14
93.5%
36% above the median place
All 10 weather and risk measures
MeasureTanglewildeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure77°F11% below
January average low12County figure34°F35% above
Average temperature12County figure51°F7% below
Annual precipitation12County figure50.9 in16% above
Natural hazard risk13County figure94.52% above
Tornado risk13County figure25.069% below
Wildfire risk13County figure57.17% below
Heat wave risk13County figure90.61% above
Median air quality index14County figure2737% below
Good air days14County figure93.5%36% above
08

Tanglewilde in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 22% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 22% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Tanglewilde does better than 34% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 91%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,852/mo (2024)$2,430/mo$1,990 to $2,960/mo+4.6%
Median household income$100,714 (2024)$130,000$109,500 to $153,500+4.3%
Median home value$444,900 (2024)$665,000$483,000 to $916,000+6.9%

The median home would be worth 5.1 years of the median income in 2030, against 4.4 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Tanglewilde

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Haledon, NJ$1,750$95,870Compare
Scappoose, OR$1,750$97,708Compare
Clover Creek, WA$1,814$95,061Compare
Lanham, MD$2,050$103,556Compare
Lanham, MDClover Creek, WAScappoose, ORHaledon, NJTanglewilde, WATanglewildeHaledonScappooseLanhamTanglewildeHaledonScappooseLanham

Places built like Tanglewilde

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Tanglewilde performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Tanglewilde, WA22.1%6.4%/yrn/a
Mentone, CA23.6%1.7%/yrn/aCompare
Larkfield-Wikiup, CA26.0%4.2%/yrn/aCompare
Pollock Pines, CA20.5%3.1%/yrn/aCompare
Grand Terrace, CA29.0%3.1%/yr-1.6%Compare
Makawao, HI23.7%3.2%/yrn/aCompare
Stayton, OR18.0%4.1%/yr3.0%Compare

Common questions

Is Tanglewilde a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 25 out of 100, better than 25% of the places we rate and 145th of 190 in Washington. Compared with the 21 places most like it in size, age, education, housing and region (such as Mentone, CA, Larkfield-Wikiup, CA and Pollock Pines, CA), money left after rent here is higher: $77,700 against a typical $66,100. On cost, space and class size it scores 52 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Tanglewilde expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 22.1% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $444,900.

What salary do you need to live in Tanglewilde?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $74,080 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Tanglewilde?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Haledon, NJ, Scappoose, OR, Clover Creek, WA and Lanham, MD.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Tanglewilde with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Tanglewilde itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/tanglewilde-washington

Citytistics. “Tanglewilde, Washington.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/tanglewilde-washington/

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