Sequim, WA

Sequim's median value of owner-occupied homes is $382,400 and median household income is $52,977 in the city, based on the latest ACS-based Census QuickFacts release for Sequim (Census QuickFacts^[1]). Clallam County's median household income is $70,370 on the county-level ACS summary (Washington State Authority summary of ACS county data^[2]), but that source is a secondary summary and should be treated cautiously. Washington has no state personal income tax, and Sequim is in Washington's state sales-tax system, but a city-specific sales-tax add-on is not confirmed from the retrieved agency pages so I am not stating a rate here.

The retrieved Medicare Care Compare page confirms the federal provider directory, but it did not surface hospital-specific Sequim results in the returned text, so I cannot responsibly name a rated local hospital from the evidence available here (Medicare Care Compare^[3]). Sequim sits about 21 miles from William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles, which is also the practical corridor for broader regional services on the peninsula (Travelmath nearest airport^[4]). Because no hospital-system page was retrieved, I am omitting trauma level and specialty counts rather than guessing.

NOAA-linked normals for the Sequim 2 E station show an annual average high of 58.2°F and annual average low of 40.4°F, with annual precipitation of about 16.45 inches (WRCC station climate normals^[5]). The same station shows summer average highs around 71.3°F to 71.8°F in July and August and winter lows around 31.2°F to 33.1°F in January, February, and December (WRCC station climate normals^[5]). U.S. Climate Data reports about 135 precipitation days per year and only about 1 inch of annual snowfall, which supports a long outdoor season for golf and walking (U.S. Climate Data^[6]).

The search results did not surface a Sequim city page from the FBI Crime Data Explorer, and the FBI data can be incomplete after 2021 when agencies do not report consistently, so I am not substituting a crime-score estimate (FBI Crime Data Explorer^{[7?] (unconfirmed source)}). Because I could not confirm a Sequim agency-reporting page in the retrieved material, I am omitting violent and property crime rates rather than risking a mismatch with a different Washington jurisdiction.

Sequim’s city-level market reports show a median home price of $475,000 and median days on market of 74 days, while another city report puts the median list price at $597,000 and days on market at 91 days, reflecting a range depending on source and month (Realtor.com Sequim market^[8], Realtor.com Clallam County page^[9]). Year over year, the Sequim market has recently been down 7.3% in median sale price, with homes taking about 32 days to go pending in the latest Redfin snapshot, which points to softer pricing but still reasonable liquidity for well-positioned homes (Redfin Sequim housing market^[10]). Realtor.com also shows a dedicated 55+ inventory, with 36 retirement-community homes for sale in Sequim and an average market time of 67 days, confirming an active-adult presence that matters for retirees (Realtor.com 55+ Sequim homes^[11]).

The nearest airport identified in the retrieved material is William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles, about 21 miles from Sequim, and Travelmath classifies it as the nearest major airport in the area (Travelmath nearest airport^[4]). Sequim's own nearby field, Sequim Valley Airport, is a privately owned local airport about 4 miles northwest of town, but it is not a commercial passenger airport (AirNav W28^[12]). I did not retrieve an FAA or airline route page confirming direct Midwest or East Coast commercial nonstop service, so I cannot list any.

The retrieved airport and climate pages support Sequim as a low-winter, outdoor-friendly base, with summer highs in the low 70s and very little snow (WRCC^[5], U.S. Climate Data^[6]). I was able to verify two local golf-related facilities in Sequim itself from the airport search set, but I do not have enough verified golf-course pages from the retrieved material to make a defensible count of public courses within 30 minutes or to quote greens fees. The broader recreation draw is the Olympic Peninsula setting, which supports walking, water access, and day trips to hiking areas, but those specific trail pages were not retrieved here so I am not naming them as sourced facts.

Sequim's population is 8,199 in the latest Census QuickFacts update, and 42.0% of residents are age 65 and over, with a median age of 53.6 (Census QuickFacts^[1]). The city's owner-occupied housing unit rate is 60.2%, and the median household income is $52,977, which is consistent with a retirement-oriented community rather than a high-wage employment center (Census QuickFacts^[1]).

FEMA's National Risk Index is published at the county level, and the retrieved FEMA pages confirm the county-level framework, so the relevant geography here is Clallam County, Washington (FEMA National Risk Index^[13], FEMA NRI explainer^[14]). The search results also show Clallam County risk summaries indicating earthquake as a top hazard, but those are secondary summaries rather than FEMA's own county page, so I am not using them as the primary figure source. I was not able to retrieve an EPA AirNow annual good-air-days page for Sequim, so I cannot responsibly quantify smoke-season severity from the agency source requested.