Roughly 114,000 people live in Everett, a working waterfront city on Puget Sound, about 28 miles north of Seattle. It is the home of Boeing's giant widebody plant, and the Future of Flight and its factory tour draw plane fans from all over. Naval Station Everett and the marina add to the maritime character. The city has been slowly polishing itself. Downtown and Colby Avenue have a growing food and drink scene, Marina Village is newer waterfront living, and the Silvertips hockey team fills the arena through the winter. On clear days the Cascades are visible, and Whidbey Island is a short ferry ride from nearby Mukilteo.
Costs are high, driven by housing, though Everett costs less than Seattle and Bellevue and homes sell quickly. Washington has no state income tax. Property crime and street disorder are the main concerns, especially along Evergreen Way and near the transit area downtown, so lock your car. Rainy gray winters, windstorms, river flooding, smoke in late summer and earthquake risk round out the picture.
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- Known as
- City of Smokestacks; Home of Boeing Everett widebody factory; Snohomish County seat; Naval Station Everett home port
- Founded
- 1890 platted by the Everett Land Company (named for Everett Colby); 1893 incorporated
- Languages
- English; Spanish; Russian; Ukrainian; Vietnamese; Korean; Tagalog; Chinese
- Airports
- Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA), about 35 miles south; Paine Field (PAE) in Everett, about 6 miles southwest, has commercial service on Alaska and United; Boeing Field (BFI) about 30 miles south for general aviation
- Tipping
- Restaurants 18-20%; bars $1-2 per drink; taxis and rideshare 10-15%; hotel housekeeping $3-5 per night; bellhops $2-5 per bag; counter service optional. Washington servers earn the full state minimum wage (one of the highest in the US) plus tips, so tipping is customary but not needed to make up wages
About this data
Population 113,567 (Census Vintage 2025), land area 33.19 sq mi, median value and rent from Census QuickFacts; Redfin price from Aug 2026. Metro figure 4,161,883 is the value requested for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue MSA and is shared with Seattle. Elevation, coordinates, founding, event names and months, hotel names and ranges, tipping, cost-of-living index and airport distances are approximate or from general knowledge and not verified in this pass. Official URLs found via search but not load-tested.
