RANKING · 2024 ACS · 196 SHOWN OF 196

Highest Medicare coverage, Washington cities

Washington cities ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). A close proxy for retirement geography. This list covers the 196 cities in Washington that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 196 is 16.5%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Buckley, WA, up 75 places to #21.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAREVS 2020

01Ocean Shores, WAWA7,89251.8%+5.3 pts

02Sequim, WAWA8,21548.0%+10.8 pts

03Port Townsend, WAWA10,67845.2%+8.1 pts

04▲2Camano, WAWA17,30334.2%+3.5 pts

05Anacortes, WAWA18,08033.6%+2.9 pts

06▼2Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WAWA7,88431.2%−2.5 pts

07▲6West Clarkston-Highland, WAWA5,44431.1%+3.8 pts

08Gig Harbor, WAWA12,63030.2%+1.5 pts

09▲2Vashon, WAWA9,93428.0%0.0 pts

10▲4Bainbridge Island, WAWA24,69127.3%+1.1 pts

11▲21Blaine, WAWA6,47526.7%+5.3 pts

12▼5Colville, WAWA5,11626.6%−3.4 pts

13▲7Port Angeles, WAWA20,14625.5%+2.1 pts

14▼5Birch Bay, WAWA10,83725.4%−3.2 pts

15▲7Finley, WAWA5,63425.4%+2.8 pts

16▲9Sudden Valley, WAWA6,08425.3%+2.9 pts

17▼5Hoquiam, WAWA8,71025.0%−2.4 pts

18▼8Maplewood, WAWA5,80324.7%−3.6 pts

19▼3Suncrest, WAWA5,34524.4%+0.2 pts

20▲4Centralia, WAWA19,37524.1%+1.6 pts

21▲75Buckley, WAWA5,68823.4%+7.4 pts

22▼5Longview, WAWA38,36223.3%−0.8 pts

23▲11Otis Orchards-East Farms, WAWA5,45423.2%+1.8 pts

24▼5Fairwood CDP (Spokane County), WAWA10,67423.2%−0.5 pts

25▲29Brier, WAWA6,59723.0%+3.9 pts

26▲3Aberdeen, WAWA17,08822.7%+1.1 pts

27▼1Wollochet, WAWA6,68922.6%+0.5 pts

28▲7Edmonds, WAWA42,74822.4%+1.2 pts

29▲17Lake Goodwin, WAWA5,53622.1%+2.1 pts

30▼12Poulsbo, WAWA12,74922.0%−1.8 pts

31▲26Hockinson, WAWA6,15022.0%+2.9 pts

32▲49Silverdale, WAWA20,68522.0%+4.7 pts

33▲19Salmon Creek, WAWA20,01721.9%+2.5 pts

34▼11Barberton, WAWA8,66821.9%−0.7 pts

35▼2Lacey, WAWA58,83321.7%+0.3 pts

36▲22Mount Vista, WAWA10,76421.7%+2.9 pts

37▲27Hobart, WAWA6,55221.7%+3.4 pts

38▼2Deer Park, WAWA5,37021.6%+0.6 pts

39▲8College Place, WAWA9,92321.3%+1.4 pts

40▲2Olympia, WAWA56,72420.9%+0.5 pts

41▲2Walla Walla, WAWA34,05820.9%+0.7 pts

42▼21Rochester, WAWA5,83420.9%−2.3 pts

43▲46Woodland, WAWA6,61120.9%+4.1 pts

44▼6East Renton Highlands, WAWA12,58220.7%−0.3 pts

45▼1Lake Shore, WAWA6,97820.6%+0.5 pts

46▼31Normandy Park, WAWA6,60920.5%−3.8 pts

47▼16Terrace Heights, WAWA10,04120.5%−1.0 pts

48▲1Mercer Island, WAWA25,42220.4%+0.8 pts

49▼12Mead, WAWA6,89320.4%−0.6 pts

50▼10Summit, WAWA8,79120.4%−0.5 pts

51▲10Enumclaw, WAWA13,17220.3%+1.8 pts

52▲28Bryn Mawr-Skyway, WAWA17,63820.2%+2.9 pts

53▼5Steilacoom, WAWA6,64820.2%+0.4 pts

54▼1Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WAWA23,04720.2%+1.0 pts

55▼10Shoreline, WAWA66,54220.1%+0.1 pts

56▲3University Place, WAWA35,47919.8%+1.1 pts

57▲17Mount Vernon, WAWA35,19319.7%+1.9 pts

58▲17Snohomish, WAWA10,71919.5%+1.7 pts

59▼4Lakewood, WAWA62,75519.4%+0.3 pts

60▼10Spokane Valley, WAWA108,40519.3%−0.2 pts

61▼31Tracyton, WAWA6,13719.3%−2.3 pts

62▲4Artondale, WAWA14,07319.3%+1.1 pts

63▲2Omak, WAWA5,18519.2%+1.0 pts

64▼2Wenatchee, WAWA35,54718.9%+0.5 pts

65▲3Kelso, WAWA12,80118.7%+0.6 pts

66▲3Port Orchard, WAWA19,83918.6%+0.5 pts

67▲10Spokane, WAWA230,78318.4%+0.7 pts

68▲3Fircrest, WAWA6,95918.2%+0.3 pts

69▲45Maltby, WAWA10,91018.2%+3.2 pts

70▼14Lynden, WAWA16,88117.9%−1.2 pts

71▲21Lynnwood, WAWA42,13217.9%+1.4 pts

72▲6Vancouver, WAWA199,69817.8%+0.1 pts

73▲10Bellingham, WAWA96,39517.7%+0.7 pts

74▲2Yakima, WAWA97,45817.7%−0.1 pts

75▲58Manchester, WAWA5,95617.7%+4.1 pts

76▲56Tumwater, WAWA28,01017.7%+4.0 pts

77▼14Burlington, WAWA11,35617.6%−0.7 pts

78▲48Liberty Lake, WAWA14,02917.6%+3.6 pts

79▲51Country Homes, WAWA6,19817.6%+3.9 pts

80▲58Union Gap, WAWA6,61717.6%+4.5 pts

81▲4Kennewick, WAWA88,36617.5%+0.5 pts

82▼54Waller, WAWA7,68317.5%−4.4 pts

83▲48Cottage Lake, WAWA22,51817.5%+3.8 pts

84▲4Richland, WAWA65,25817.4%+0.5 pts

85▼13Des Moines, WAWA33,03217.3%−0.5 pts

86▼16Clarkston, WAWA7,18917.2%−0.8 pts

87▲11Mukilteo, WAWA21,23917.1%+1.3 pts

88▲14Washougal, WAWA18,02817.1%+1.5 pts

89▲2Lake Forest Park, WAWA13,19117.0%+0.5 pts

90▲30Lake Tapps, WAWA12,79816.9%+2.5 pts

91▲55Selah, WAWA8,67816.7%+4.2 pts

92▼2Hazel Dell, WAWA23,23716.6%0.0 pts

93▲20Parkland, WAWA38,74216.6%+1.6 pts

94▼43Sumner, WAWA10,87116.6%−2.9 pts

95▲11East Wenatchee, WAWA14,41416.5%+1.3 pts

96▼3Ferndale, WAWA17,55916.5%+0.1 pts

97▲14Mountlake Terrace, WAWA25,43016.5%+1.5 pts

98▲21Felida, WAWA10,84116.5%+2.1 pts

99▲9Minnehaha, WAWA11,48216.5%+1.3 pts

100▲75Alderwood Manor, WAWA10,26616.5%+6.1 pts

101▲2Picnic Point, WAWA10,26116.5%+0.9 pts

102▼3Puyallup, WAWA42,68216.4%+0.7 pts

103▲41Eastmont, WAWA23,72116.3%+3.7 pts

104▲11Midland, WAWA9,05016.3%+1.4 pts

105▲2Kenmore, WAWA24,24916.2%+1.0 pts

106▼5Tacoma, WAWA229,81616.2%+0.5 pts

107▲11Elk Plain, WAWA14,27616.1%+1.6 pts

108▲2Everett, WAWA113,56716.0%+0.9 pts

109▼12Newcastle, WAWA13,12816.0%+0.1 pts

110▲60Stanwood, WAWA9,42115.9%+5.0 pts

111▼44Lakeland North, WAWA15,95015.9%−2.3 pts

112▲13Lake Morton-Berrydale, WAWA11,18315.8%+1.7 pts

113▼74Parkwood, WAWA6,87315.7%−5.2 pts

114▼30Bremerton, WAWA45,48215.6%−1.4 pts

115▼6Burien, WAWA51,85915.6%+0.5 pts

116▲57Connell, WAWA5,08015.6%+5.0 pts

117▼5Oak Harbor, WAWA24,08315.6%+0.6 pts

118▼77Prosser, WAWA6,65415.6%−4.9 pts

119▲35DuPont, WAWA9,77815.5%+3.8 pts

120▼4Federal Way, WAWA99,72915.5%+0.7 pts

121▲7Five Corners, WAWA21,19415.5%+1.6 pts

122▲18Fairwood CDP (King County), WAWA17,85615.5%+2.6 pts

123▼44Sedro-Woolley, WAWA13,30815.4%−2.2 pts

124▼97Chehalis, WAWA7,76415.2%−6.8 pts

125▼20Marysville, WAWA77,68615.1%−0.2 pts

126▼22Arlington, WAWA22,03114.9%−0.6 pts

127▲18White Center, WAWA14,88614.7%+2.1 pts

128▼28Woodinville, WAWA14,54814.7%−1.0 pts

129▲12Bothell, WAWA52,19914.6%+1.8 pts

130▼44Moses Lake, WAWA27,46914.6%−2.4 pts

131▼49Shelton, WAWA10,92114.5%−2.6 pts

132▼15Tanglewilde, WAWA6,31414.3%−0.2 pts

133▼11Bellevue, WAWA154,19314.2%0.0 pts

134▼61Edgewood, WAWA13,54814.1%−3.7 pts

135▼48Ephrata, WAWA8,83414.0%−2.9 pts

136▼1Kirkland, WAWA97,41014.0%+0.9 pts

137▼43Milton, WAWA8,91114.0%−2.4 pts

138▲25Issaquah, WAWA39,42313.9%+2.9 pts

139▲3West Richland, WAWA19,25713.9%+1.1 pts

140▼3Sultan, WAWA7,23013.9%+0.8 pts

141▲28Ridgefield, WAWA16,13213.8%+2.9 pts

142▼13Auburn, WAWA86,30113.6%−0.2 pts

143▲46Quincy, WAWA8,51013.4%+6.2 pts

144▲11SeaTac, WAWA34,57813.4%+1.7 pts

145▼22Clover Creek, WAWA7,34513.4%−0.8 pts

146▼22Mill Creek, WAWA20,90213.3%−0.8 pts

147▼4Renton, WAWA104,97513.3%+0.5 pts

148▼53Lakeland South, WAWA13,10013.3%−2.9 pts

149Covington, WAWA21,49613.2%+1.2 pts

150▼14Seattle, WAWA784,77713.2%+0.1 pts

151▲1Prairie Ridge, WAWA12,07413.2%+1.4 pts

152▼4Battle Ground, WAWA23,51313.1%+0.9 pts

153▲25Cheney, WAWA12,65012.9%+3.2 pts

154▼15Camas, WAWA27,74912.9%−0.1 pts

155▼5Kent, WAWA134,87112.7%+0.7 pts

156▲10Woods Creek, WAWA6,94312.6%+1.6 pts

157▲4Pacific, WAWA7,05612.4%+1.3 pts

158▼24Tukwila, WAWA22,00312.4%−0.9 pts

159▲3Ellensburg, WAWA21,30812.3%+1.3 pts

160South Hill, WAWA68,02512.3%+1.0 pts

161▼34North Bend, WAWA8,75812.1%−1.9 pts

162▼3Spanaway, WAWA34,01912.1%+0.8 pts

163▲9Orchards, WAWA29,43812.0%+1.3 pts

164▼6Sunnyside, WAWA16,43011.6%+0.2 pts

165▲17Summit View, WAWA8,48011.6%+3.1 pts

166▼15Bonney Lake, WAWA22,13911.5%−0.4 pts

167▲1Pasco, WAWA82,84811.5%+0.6 pts

168▲6Frederickson, WAWA25,38311.4%+0.9 pts

169▲7Monroe, WAWA20,02511.3%+1.1 pts

170▼5Bothell West, WAWA22,02911.2%+0.2 pts

171▼14Airway Heights, WAWA11,81111.1%−0.4 pts

172▼19Graham, WAWA35,07911.1%−0.7 pts

173▼2Tehaleh, WAWA9,56111.0%+0.1 pts

174▼53Lake Stickney, WAWA15,89010.9%−3.4 pts

175▼19Martha Lake, WAWA22,63410.7%−0.9 pts

176▼12Orting, WAWA8,88410.6%−0.4 pts

177▼30Toppenish, WAWA8,63510.6%−1.9 pts

178▼118Black Diamond, WAWA6,97810.2%−8.3 pts

179Grandview, WAWA12,06210.2%+0.5 pts

180▲8North Lynnwood, WAWA23,33910.2%+2.8 pts

181▲2Maple Valley, WAWA28,48210.0%+1.8 pts

182▼2Yelm, WAWA12,0439.8%+0.6 pts

183▲1Silver Firs, WAWA22,3069.7%+1.5 pts

184▼7Redmond, WAWA82,5069.6%−0.3 pts

185▼18Lake Stevens, WAWA42,0918.9%−2.0 pts

186▲1Sammamish, WAWA66,1108.7%+1.3 pts

187▼1Othello, WAWA9,2377.6%+0.1 pts

188▼7Fife, WAWA11,0617.5%−1.5 pts

189▲4Duvall, WAWA9,4407.3%+2.2 pts

190Pullman, WAWA33,7567.2%+0.2 pts

191▼6Mill Creek East, WAWA25,4536.9%−1.1 pts

192▼1Bothell East, WAWA14,5786.8%+0.2 pts

193▼1Snoqualmie, WAWA13,6405.7%+0.5 pts

194Fort Lewis, WAWA15,1671.4%−0.5 pts

195Bangor Base, WAWA6,1120.0%−0.3 pts

196North Fort Lewis, WAWA6,3370.0%0.0 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES