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Esperance, Washington.

A community in Snohomish County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Snohomish County’s.

Living in Esperance, Snohomish County, Washington

Esperance, in Snohomish County, had 4,007 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $148,640 a year and half less, against $111,246 across Snohomish County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Snohomish County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Snohomish County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 4,007 in the 2020 census; median age 36.4
Household income $148,640 the median, give or take $26,093 · Snohomish County: $111,246
Unemployment 4.8% Snohomish County, August 2026; 4.8% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Esperance for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,526households
  • 10%below the poverty line
  • 28 mintypical commute
  • 23%work from home

What people in Snohomish County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Professional and business services14%
  • Manufacturing13%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Building trades9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Snohomish County had 299,062 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 46° and 37°; warmest in August, 77° and 57° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A 77° 57° S O N D 46° 37°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 46° and 37°; warmest in August, 77° and 57° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A 77° 57° S O N D 46° 37°

Coldest in December, with highs near 46° and lows near 37°; warmest in August, with highs near 77° and lows near 57°. About 4 inches of snow and 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Seattle Sand Pt Wsfo weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Snohomish County

  1. Snohomish County GovernmentGeneral public administration3,390
  2. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,821
  3. Prov Regl MED Center EverettGeneral hospital2,816FTE
  4. Northshore School DistrictSchool district2,451FTE
  5. Edmonds School DistrictSchool district2,158FTE
  6. Everett School DistrictSchool district2,083FTE
  7. Mukilteo School DistrictSchool district1,694FTE
  8. City of EverettAuditor's offices, government1,198

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 522 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 69,999 people in all across the county; Esperance has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. EarthquakesRelatively high
  2. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  3. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  4. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Esperance’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Snohomish County.