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Nine Mile Falls, WA
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Living in Nine Mile Falls



Nine Mile Falls is a somewhat small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 12,478 people and three associated neighborhoods, Nine Mile Falls is the largest community in Washington.

Housing costs in Nine Mile Falls are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Washington.

Also of interest is that Nine Mile Falls has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.90% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Because of many things, Nine Mile Falls is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Nine Mile Falls a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Nine Mile Falls has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Nine Mile Falls’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Nine Mile Falls has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Nine Mile Falls has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Nine Mile Falls than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Nine Mile Falls may be for you.

One downside of living in Nine Mile Falls, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.96 minutes every day commuting to work.

The education level of Nine Mile Falls citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.24% of adults in Nine Mile Falls have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Nine Mile Falls in 2022 was $39,504, which is upper middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,016 for a family of four. However, Nine Mile Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Nine Mile Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nine Mile Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Nine Mile Falls include German, English, Irish, Swedish, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Nine Mile Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and German/Yiddish.


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