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Tanglewilde, Washington.

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

Living in Tanglewilde, Thurston County, Washington

Tanglewilde, in Thurston County, had 6,265 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $100,714 a year and half less, against $96,563 across Thurston County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 67% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 33% are rented. Unemployment in Thurston County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 6,265 in the 2020 census
Household income $100,714 the median, give or take $18,253 · Thurston County: $96,563
Unemployment 4.3% Thurston County, August 2026; 4.6% a year before
Homes 67% lived in by their owners; 33% rented
  • 2,450households
  • 26%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 28 mintypical commute
  • 14%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Shops (retail)17%
  • Professional and business services16%
  • Government10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Manufacturing6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Thurston County had 129,835 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 45° and 33°; warmest in August, 78° and 50° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A 78° 50° S O N D 45° 33°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 45° and 33°; warmest in August, 78° and 50° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A 78° 50° S O N D 45° 33°

Coldest in December, with highs near 45° and lows near 33°; warmest in August, with highs near 78° and lows near 50°. About 4 inches of snow and 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Olympia Airport weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Thurston County

  1. Washington State Department of Health (Tumwater)Health program administration2,210
  2. Providence St. Peter HospitalGeneral hospital2,112FTE
  3. Headquarters WSDOTTransportation1,857
  4. North Thurston Public SchoolsSchool district1,716FTE
  5. Dshs1,150
  6. Olympia School DistrictSchool district1,081FTE
  7. HeadquartersEnvironmental protection program administration1,057
  8. Department of Children Youth and Families1,006

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 202 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 36,260 people in all across the county; Tanglewilde has two 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. EarthquakesVery high
  2. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  3. Inland floodingRelatively 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 Tanglewilde’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 Thurston County.