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Lowest unemployment, Washington cities

Washington cities ranked by the lowest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 196 cities in Washington that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 196 is 4.9%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Liberty Lake, WA, up 150 places to #19.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01▲3Manchester, WAWA5,9560.0%−1.4 pts

02▲3Terrace Heights, WAWA10,0410.5%−1.2 pts

03▲81Sultan, WAWA7,2301.0%−3.6 pts

04▲2Black Diamond, WAWA6,9781.3%−0.5 pts

05▲67Maltby, WAWA10,9101.4%−3.0 pts

06▲74Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WAWA7,8841.6%−2.9 pts

07▲16Edgewood, WAWA13,5481.8%−0.7 pts

08▲25Lake Tapps, WAWA12,7981.8%−1.1 pts

09▲32Hobart, WAWA6,5521.9%−1.4 pts

10▲129Woodland, WAWA6,6111.9%−3.9 pts

11▲47Tracyton, WAWA6,1372.1%−1.6 pts

12▲44Normandy Park, WAWA6,6092.3%−1.5 pts

13▲52North Bend, WAWA8,7582.3%−1.7 pts

14▼7Duvall, WAWA9,4402.5%+0.6 pts

15▲17Lake Goodwin, WAWA5,5362.6%−0.3 pts

16▲1Snoqualmie, WAWA13,6402.6%+0.2 pts

17▼8Artondale, WAWA14,0732.7%+0.6 pts

18▼15Gig Harbor, WAWA12,6302.7%+1.4 pts

19▲150Liberty Lake, WAWA14,0292.7%−4.4 pts

20▲123Orting, WAWA8,8842.8%−3.2 pts

21▲16Bainbridge Island, WAWA24,6912.8%−0.5 pts

22▲3Bothell East, WAWA14,5782.8%+0.2 pts

23▲3Bothell West, WAWA22,0292.9%+0.2 pts

24▲104Elk Plain, WAWA14,2763.0%−2.6 pts

25▼17Silver Firs, WAWA22,3063.0%+1.0 pts

26▼14Mercer Island, WAWA25,4223.0%+0.8 pts

27▼13Rochester, WAWA5,8343.1%+0.8 pts

28▲112Ferndale, WAWA17,5593.1%−2.7 pts

29▼5Sammamish, WAWA66,1103.1%+0.6 pts

30▲20Mukilteo, WAWA21,2393.1%−0.5 pts

31▲12Wenatchee, WAWA35,5473.2%−0.2 pts

32▲21Brier, WAWA6,5973.3%−0.4 pts

33▼22Wollochet, WAWA6,6893.3%+1.0 pts

34▲8Issaquah, WAWA39,4233.3%−0.1 pts

35▼17Hockinson, WAWA6,1503.5%+1.1 pts

36▲75Waller, WAWA7,6833.6%−1.5 pts

37▲9Lake Morton-Berrydale, WAWA11,1833.6%+0.1 pts

38▼17Bonney Lake, WAWA22,1393.6%+1.1 pts

39▲34Lynden, WAWA16,8813.6%−0.8 pts

40▲62Lake Stickney, WAWA15,8903.6%−1.3 pts

41▼28Parkwood, WAWA6,8733.7%+1.4 pts

42▲116Birch Bay, WAWA10,8373.7%−3.0 pts

43▲109Enumclaw, WAWA13,1723.7%−2.6 pts

44▲19Battle Ground, WAWA23,5133.7%−0.2 pts

45▲40Poulsbo, WAWA12,7493.7%−0.8 pts

46▲119Shelton, WAWA10,9213.8%−3.1 pts

47▲44Yelm, WAWA12,0433.8%−0.9 pts

48▼12Kenmore, WAWA24,2493.8%+0.6 pts

49▲6Barberton, WAWA8,6683.8%+0.1 pts

50▼35Fairwood CDP (Spokane County), WAWA10,6743.8%+1.5 pts

51▲42Port Orchard, WAWA19,8393.9%−0.9 pts

52▲47Bothell, WAWA52,1993.9%−1.0 pts

53▲23Marysville, WAWA77,6863.9%−0.6 pts

54▲14Salmon Creek, WAWA20,0173.9%−0.2 pts

55▼17Camas, WAWA27,7494.0%+0.7 pts

56▲133Chehalis, WAWA7,7644.0%−5.4 pts

57▲60Connell, WAWA5,0804.0%−1.3 pts

58▼39Otis Orchards-East Farms, WAWA5,4544.1%+1.6 pts

59▲1Cottage Lake, WAWA22,5184.1%+0.3 pts

60▼3Edmonds, WAWA42,7484.1%+0.4 pts

61▼30Covington, WAWA21,4964.1%+1.3 pts

62▲64West Clarkston-Highland, WAWA5,4444.2%−1.4 pts

63▲32South Hill, WAWA68,0254.2%−0.6 pts

64▼35Arlington, WAWA22,0314.2%+1.5 pts

65▼31Mountlake Terrace, WAWA25,4304.2%+1.2 pts

66▲13Anacortes, WAWA18,0804.2%−0.3 pts

67▼19Bellevue, WAWA154,1934.2%+0.7 pts

68▲57Felida, WAWA10,8414.3%−1.3 pts

69▼7Lynnwood, WAWA42,1324.3%+0.3 pts

70▲8Mount Vista, WAWA10,7644.3%−0.2 pts

71Martha Lake, WAWA22,6344.3%−0.1 pts

72▲60Burlington, WAWA11,3564.3%−1.4 pts

73▼4Woodinville, WAWA14,5484.3%+0.1 pts

74▼35Mill Creek East, WAWA25,4534.4%+1.0 pts

75▼74Bangor Base, WAWA6,1124.4%+3.8 pts

76▼22Selah, WAWA8,6784.4%+0.7 pts

77▼11Lake Forest Park, WAWA13,1914.4%+0.3 pts

78▼29Omak, WAWA5,1854.4%+0.8 pts

79▲80Five Corners, WAWA21,1944.4%−2.2 pts

80▼35Mill Creek, WAWA20,9024.5%+1.0 pts

81▲28Camano, WAWA17,3034.5%−0.5 pts

82▲65Lakeland North, WAWA15,9504.5%−1.5 pts

83▼73Buckley, WAWA5,6884.5%+2.4 pts

84▼17Seattle, WAWA784,7774.6%+0.5 pts

85▼69Pacific, WAWA7,0564.6%+2.2 pts

86▼34Shoreline, WAWA66,5424.6%+0.9 pts

87▼12Kirkland, WAWA97,4104.6%+0.2 pts

88▲1East Wenatchee, WAWA14,4144.6%−0.1 pts

89▲25Moses Lake, WAWA27,4694.6%−0.6 pts

90▼43Picnic Point, WAWA10,2614.7%+1.2 pts

91▲16Suncrest, WAWA5,3454.7%−0.3 pts

92▲42Spanaway, WAWA34,0194.7%−1.0 pts

93▼23Colville, WAWA5,1164.7%+0.5 pts

94▼11Woods Creek, WAWA6,9434.8%+0.2 pts

95▼5Sedro-Woolley, WAWA13,3084.8%+0.1 pts

96▲4Lake Stevens, WAWA42,0914.8%−0.1 pts

97▲8West Richland, WAWA19,2574.8%−0.2 pts

98▲35Maple Valley, WAWA28,4824.8%−0.9 pts

99▲16Lacey, WAWA58,8334.9%−0.4 pts

100▼36Redmond, WAWA82,5064.9%+0.9 pts

101▼81Sudden Valley, WAWA6,0844.9%+2.4 pts

102▲20White Center, WAWA14,8864.9%−0.6 pts

103▼63North Lynnwood, WAWA23,3394.9%+1.6 pts

104▼60Renton, WAWA104,9754.9%+1.5 pts

105▲18Kennewick, WAWA88,3665.1%−0.4 pts

106▲23Port Angeles, WAWA20,1465.1%−0.5 pts

107▼15University Place, WAWA35,4795.1%+0.4 pts

108▲33Graham, WAWA35,0795.1%−0.7 pts

109▼50Fife, WAWA11,0615.2%+1.4 pts

110▲11Spokane Valley, WAWA108,4055.2%−0.3 pts

111▼1Sumner, WAWA10,8715.3%+0.2 pts

112▲6Pasco, WAWA82,8485.3%−0.1 pts

113▼10Milton, WAWA8,9115.3%+0.4 pts

114▲37Fairwood CDP (King County), WAWA17,8565.3%−0.9 pts

115▲61Tumwater, WAWA28,0105.3%−2.5 pts

116▲37Fort Lewis, WAWA15,1675.4%−1.0 pts

117▼31Midland, WAWA9,0505.4%+0.8 pts

118▼21Federal Way, WAWA99,7295.4%+0.6 pts

119▲5Silverdale, WAWA20,6855.4%−0.1 pts

120▲44Oak Harbor, WAWA24,0835.4%−1.4 pts

121▲75Blaine, WAWA6,4755.5%−7.3 pts

122▲61Othello, WAWA9,2375.5%−2.8 pts

123▼25Tacoma, WAWA229,8165.6%+0.7 pts

124▲53Orchards, WAWA29,4385.6%−2.5 pts

125▼48Bellingham, WAWA96,3955.6%+1.1 pts

126▼98Newcastle, WAWA13,1285.6%+2.9 pts

127▼23Richland, WAWA65,2585.6%+0.6 pts

128▼67Monroe, WAWA20,0255.7%+1.8 pts

129▲44Centralia, WAWA19,3755.7%−2.0 pts

130▲12Spokane, WAWA230,7835.7%−0.2 pts

131▼11Lakewood, WAWA62,7555.7%+0.3 pts

132▼24Vancouver, WAWA199,6985.7%+0.7 pts

133▼20Frederickson, WAWA25,3835.7%+0.6 pts

134▲12Bremerton, WAWA45,4825.7%−0.3 pts

135▼29Finley, WAWA5,6345.8%+0.7 pts

136▼109Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WAWA23,0475.8%+3.2 pts

137▼36Everett, WAWA113,5675.8%+0.9 pts

138▼2Prairie Ridge, WAWA12,0745.8%0.0 pts

139▼58Auburn, WAWA86,3016.0%+1.4 pts

140▲4Longview, WAWA38,3626.0%0.0 pts

141▲4Puyallup, WAWA42,6826.0%−0.1 pts

142▼5Mount Vernon, WAWA35,1936.0%+0.2 pts

143▼55Alderwood Manor, WAWA10,2666.0%+1.3 pts

144▲38Summit View, WAWA8,4806.0%−2.2 pts

145▼63Steilacoom, WAWA6,6486.0%+1.5 pts

146▼95East Renton Highlands, WAWA12,5826.0%+2.4 pts

147▲25Ephrata, WAWA8,8346.1%−1.4 pts

148▲23Parkland, WAWA38,7426.1%−1.3 pts

149▼53DuPont, WAWA9,7786.2%+1.4 pts

150▼34Lake Shore, WAWA6,9786.3%+1.0 pts

151▼39Tehaleh, WAWA9,5616.4%+1.3 pts

152▲2Tukwila, WAWA22,0036.4%−0.1 pts

153▼5College Place, WAWA9,9236.4%+0.3 pts

154▼152Stanwood, WAWA9,4216.4%+5.3 pts

155▼120Lakeland South, WAWA13,1006.5%+3.3 pts

156▲19Tanglewilde, WAWA6,3146.5%−1.3 pts

157▲23Kelso, WAWA12,8016.6%−1.6 pts

158▲8Grandview, WAWA12,0626.7%−0.3 pts

159▼4Minnehaha, WAWA11,4826.8%+0.2 pts

160▲19Fircrest, WAWA6,9596.8%−1.3 pts

161▼74Ridgefield, WAWA16,1326.9%+2.2 pts

162▼31SeaTac, WAWA34,5787.0%+1.3 pts

163▼33Burien, WAWA51,8597.0%+1.3 pts

164▼4Kent, WAWA134,8717.0%+0.3 pts

165▼27Eastmont, WAWA23,7217.3%+1.4 pts

166▲1Olympia, WAWA56,7247.3%+0.3 pts

167▼137Ocean Shores, WAWA7,8927.3%+4.6 pts

168Des Moines, WAWA33,0327.5%+0.4 pts

169▼13Summit, WAWA8,7917.5%+0.9 pts

170▼76Vashon, WAWA9,9347.7%+2.9 pts

171▼22Walla Walla, WAWA34,0587.7%+1.5 pts

172▼150Quincy, WAWA8,5107.7%+5.2 pts

173▲8Washougal, WAWA18,0287.7%−0.4 pts

174▲12Country Homes, WAWA6,1987.8%−1.1 pts

175▼101Bryn Mawr-Skyway, WAWA17,6387.9%+3.4 pts

176▲14Prosser, WAWA6,6548.0%−2.1 pts

177▼20Maplewood, WAWA5,8038.1%+1.4 pts

178▼17Hazel Dell, WAWA23,2378.2%+1.4 pts

179▲13Pullman, WAWA33,7568.3%−1.9 pts

180▼30Yakima, WAWA97,4588.4%+2.2 pts

181▼19Mead, WAWA6,8938.6%+1.8 pts

182▲6Toppenish, WAWA8,6358.7%−0.5 pts

183▼20Airway Heights, WAWA11,8118.9%+2.0 pts

184▼6Ellensburg, WAWA21,3088.9%+0.8 pts

185▼66Clover Creek, WAWA7,3459.5%+4.1 pts

186▼2Clarkston, WAWA7,1899.6%+1.3 pts

187▼52Sequim, WAWA8,2159.7%+4.0 pts

188▼3Aberdeen, WAWA17,08810.0%+1.7 pts

189▼15Hoquiam, WAWA8,71010.0%+2.3 pts

190▲1Port Townsend, WAWA10,67810.4%+0.2 pts

191▼64Snohomish, WAWA10,71910.6%+5.1 pts

192▲1Sunnyside, WAWA16,43012.3%+2.0 pts

193▲2Cheney, WAWA12,65013.1%+1.3 pts

194▼24Union Gap, WAWA6,61713.4%+6.3 pts

195▼8Deer Park, WAWA5,37014.1%+5.1 pts

196▼2North Fort Lewis, WAWA6,33716.1%+5.3 pts

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