Adams County, Washington
Adams County has a population of 20,800 and has grown 4.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $273,300, about 4.1 times the county's median household income of $66,136.
Housing
Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.
Money
Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.
Jobs
What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.
Taxes
State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.
Transportation
Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.
Schools
Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.
Health
Place
Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.
Weather
Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.
Gardening
Utilities
Risk
Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.
Sports
Figures marked county are measured for Adams County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Washington figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.
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