MUKILTEO – Mukilteo is among the country’s top 100 places to live, according to Money magazine.
The city of roughly 20,000 people was ranked 69th on the recently released list, which includes just three other places in Washington. Sammamish was ranked 11th, Camas was 63rd and Silverdale was 99th.
“It’s pretty cool,” Mukilteo Mayor Joe Marine said. “We all know that Mukilteo is great. We live here, and it’s nice to be recognized nationally as one of the top 100 places to live in the U.S.”
On CNNMoney.com, Mukilteo is described as “a beautiful waterfront community that hugs the Puget Sound, and affords majestic panoramic views of both Mount Baker and the Olympic Mountains across the water.”
Small towns were the focus of Money magazine’s list. Cities were judged on the quality of their schools, sense of community, street safety and recreational and economic opportunities.
Andy Muntz, spokesman for the Mukilteo School District, pointed to last year’s passage of a four-year, $100-million tax levy as evidence that people are proud to live in Mukilteo.
“When you’ve got a community that supports its schools, lots of good things happen,” Muntz said.
Last year, Mukilteo was named one of the nation’s top 25 affordable suburbs by BusinessWeek magazine. The median home price in Mukilteo is $401,510, according to Money magazine.
The Mukilteo City Council is in the midst of searching for a new, full-time city administrator. City Council President Jennifer Gregerson, a 1996 Kamiak High School graduate, hopes the city’s top-100 ranking helps attract more candidates.
“It’s awesome to be recognized as the quality community that we are,” she said.
Reporter Scott Pesznecker: 425-339-3436 or spesznecker@heraldnet.com.
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