North Yelm, Washington

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Back to North Yelm, WA housing info, Thurston County, Washington, WA smaller cities, WA small cities, All Cities. We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for North Yelm, WA Thurston County Population in July 2007: 3,193. Males: 1,585   (49.7%) Females: 1,608   (50.3%) Median resident age:   34.7 years Washington median age:   35.3 years Zip codes: 98597. Estimated median household income in 2008: $49,011 (it was $36,833 in 2000) North Yelm:   $49,011 Washington:   $58,078 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $23,599 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $183,601 (it was $94,700 in 2000) North Yelm:   $183,601 Washington:   $308,100 Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $196,410; Detached houses: $246,766; Townhouses or other attached units: $822,591; Mobile homes: $77,046 North Yelm, WA residents, houses, and apartments details Profiles of local businesses: Jan's Handyman Put your B&M business profile right here for free. 20,000 businesses already created their profiles! Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for:  near:   Races in North Yelm: White Non-Hispanic (87.4%) American Indian (4.5%) Hispanic (4.0%) Two or more races (3.9%) Other race (1.2%) Black (1.0%) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.8%) Korean (0.6%) Filipino (0.5%) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in North Yelm: 106.9 (more than average, U.S. average is 100) Discuss North Yelm, Washington on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users Ancestries: German (19.1%), United States (12.0%), Irish (10.3%), English (9.7%), Scottish (6.3%), Norwegian (4.5%). Current Local Time: PST time zone Land area: 3.38 square miles. Population density: 944 people per square mile   (low).

Average climate in North Yelm, Washington

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North Yelm-area historical earthquake activity is above Washington state average. It is 426% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/13/1949 at 19:55:42, a magnitude 7.0 (7.0 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 20.6 miles away from North Yelm center, causing $80,000,000 total damage
On 2/28/2001 at 18:54:32, a magnitude 6.8 (6.5 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.8 MW, Depth: 32.2 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 9.1 miles away from the city center, causing $2,000,000,000 total damage and $305,000,000 insured losses
On 4/29/1965 at 15:28:43, a magnitude 6.6 (6.6 UK) earthquake occurred 27.7 miles away from the city center, causing $28,000,000 total damage
On 7/3/1999 at 01:43:54, a magnitude 5.8 (5.4 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.8 MW, 5.3 ME, Depth: 25.2 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 30.9 miles away from North Yelm center
On 2/14/1981 at 06:09:27, a magnitude 5.5 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.5 ML) earthquake occurred 43.1 miles away from the city center
On 5/3/1996 at 04:04:22, a magnitude 5.5 (5.2 MB, 5.3 MD, 5.5 ML, Depth: 2.5 mi) earthquake occurred 72.5 miles away from North Yelm center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), energy magnitude (ME), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

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Average household size:

This place:	2.8 people
Washington:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	74.7%
Whole state:	66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	8.3%
Whole state:	6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
• Gay men: 0.2% of all households

This place:	15.6%
Whole state:	10.6%

This place:	5.9%
Whole state:	4.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in North Yelm, WA

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Here		27.4%
USA		50.2%

9.34% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,695 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.34%
Washington average:	7.86%

0.26% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,119 average AGI)

Thurston County:	0.26%
Washington average:	0.26%

from Pierce County, WA	1.92% ($42,336 average AGI)
from King County, WA	0.96% ($44,780)
from Lewis County, WA	0.43% ($38,049)

7.73% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,118 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.73%
Washington average:	7.07%

0.15% of residents moved to foreign countries ($732 average AGI)

Thurston County:	0.15%
Washington average:	0.16%

to Pierce County, WA	1.30% ($37,310 average AGI)
to King County, WA	0.94% ($35,501)
to Lewis County, WA	0.53% ($33,630)

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