These Are The 10 Best Places In Washington To Catch Pokemon

So, you want to catch ’em all, huh?
Pokemon Go has swept the nation, and the app has broken records for the most downloads in the first week of release. All over the country, people are swarming, gathering, and all around going nuts, playing this interactive game.
Since we’re a data analytics website, and because we’re often cited as the ‘go to’ place for regional infotainment, we thought it was our duty to be as helpful as we can for people in Washington who want to have the inside scoop as to where they should go if they want to dominate this addicting game.
After analyzing every place in Washington, here is our list of the best places to catch Pokemon in the Evergreen State:

1. Steilacoom (Photos)
2. Normandy Park (Photos)
3. Fircrest
4. Brier (Photos)
5. Milton (Photos)
6. Pacific (Photos)
7. Union Gap (Photos)
8. Newcastle (Photos)
9. Gig Harbor (Photos)
10. Fife (Photos)

As you might note, these are all smaller suburbs of major cities in Washington. That’s because in smaller cities, there are a higher number of places per capita where Pokemon are traditionally found. Meaning you’ll find more Pokemon in a much smaller area. When you read the analysis below, this will all make sense. Trust us.
So, grab your avatars, cell phones, and your Poke Balls as we uncover the truly best places in Washington in which to find the most Pokemon, based on data.
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How do you decide where the best place is to catch Pokemon?

In order to rank the best places in Washington in which to catch ’em all, we had to determine which cities, towns and villages in Washington have the most places to find Pokemon.
So we scraped the internet for those criteria, and it spit out the answer. Like magic.

How we crunched the numbers

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using Google Maps, this is the criteria we used:

• Number of parks per capita
• Number of museums per capita
• Number of churches per capita
• Number of memorials and public gathering places per capita

If you’d like to see the complete list of cities, scroll to the bottom of this post to see a chart of the top cities.
Note: When measuring the locations listed above, we measured the locations within a short drive of the center of each place in Washington.

1. Steilacoom

Population: 6,083
Parks Per 1,000 People: 9.86
Museums Per 1,000 People: 3.78
Churches Per 1,000 People: 9.86
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.63

2. Normandy Park

Population: 6,491
Parks Per 1,000 People: 9.24
Museums Per 1,000 People: 2.46
Churches Per 1,000 People: 9.24
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 4.01

3. Fircrest

Population: 6,592
Parks Per 1,000 People: 9.1
Museums Per 1,000 People: 3.94
Churches Per 1,000 People: 9.1
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.88

4. Brier

Population: 6,255
Parks Per 1,000 People: 9.59
Museums Per 1,000 People: 2.4
Churches Per 1,000 People: 9.59
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.76

5. Milton

Population: 7,260
Parks Per 1,000 People: 8.26
Museums Per 1,000 People: 3.03
Churches Per 1,000 People: 8.26
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.79

6. Pacific

Population: 6,845
Parks Per 1,000 People: 8.62
Museums Per 1,000 People: 2.63
Churches Per 1,000 People: 8.77
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.61

7. Union Gap

Population: 6,061
Parks Per 1,000 People: 9.24
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.82
Churches Per 1,000 People: 9.9
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.47

8. Newcastle

Population: 10,792
Parks Per 1,000 People: 5.56
Museums Per 1,000 People: 4.36
Churches Per 1,000 People: 5.56
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 4.45

9. Gig Harbor

Population: 7,620
Parks Per 1,000 People: 7.87
Museums Per 1,000 People: 2.1
Churches Per 1,000 People: 7.87
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.57

10. Fife

Population: 9,346
Parks Per 1,000 People: 6.42
Museums Per 1,000 People: 2.35
Churches Per 1,000 People: 6.42
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.93

There You Have It

If you’re looking at communities in Washington where you have a much higher chance of catching Pokemon, this is an accurate list.
If you’re also curious enough, here’s how the larger cities in Washington with the most reliable locations to catch a Pokemon rank, according to science.

1. Renton (Photos)
2. Bellevue (Photos)
3. Vancouver (Photos)
4. Federal Way (Photos)
5. Kent (Photos)

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Detailed List Of The Best Places In Washington To Catch Pokemon

Rank	City	Population
1	Steilacoom	6,083
2	Normandy Park	6,491
3	Fircrest	6,592
4	Brier	6,255
5	Milton	7,260
6	Pacific	6,845
7	Union Gap	6,061
8	Newcastle	10,792
9	Gig Harbor	7,620
10	Fife	9,346
11	Selah	7,328
12	Ridgefield	5,373
13	Dupont	8,851
14	Edgewood	9,538
15	Wapato	5,043
16	Airway Heights	6,356
17	Woodinville	11,201
18	Snohomish	9,326
19	Woodland	5,535
20	Sumner	9,548
21	Burlington	8,466
22	Orting	6,941
23	Clarkston	7,318
24	Lake Forest Park	12,938
25	Stanwood	6,468
26	Tukwila	19,573
27	Chehalis	7,265
28	Mercer Island	23,636
29	College Place	8,905
30	Bainbridge Island	23,206
31	Tumwater	18,128
32	Kenmore	21,263
33	Mill Creek	18,667
34	Sedro-Woolley	10,645
35	Ferndale	12,040
36	Poulsbo	9,436
37	Mountlake Terrace	20,318
38	Mukilteo	20,635
39	Duvall	7,185
40	Sequim	6,651
41	Grandview	11,023
42	North Bend	6,127
43	Port Orchard	12,715
44	Covington	18,361
45	Snoqualmie	11,625
46	Liberty Lake	8,027
47	Yelm	7,398
48	Prosser	5,793
49	Seatac	27,606
50	Camas	20,458
51	Des Moines	30,403
52	Lynden	12,579
53	Port Townsend	9,168
54	West Richland	12,680
55	Hoquiam	8,560
56	Bonney Lake	18,040
57	Washougal	14,563
58	University Place	31,670
59	Kelso	11,837
60	Ocean Shores	5,609
61	East Wenatchee	13,403
62	Burien	49,291
63	Issaquah	32,551
64	Bothell	34,920
65	Enumclaw	11,388
66	Battle Ground	18,168
67	Arlington	18,370
68	Maple Valley	24,040
69	Puyallup	38,092
70	Centralia	16,664
71	Lynnwood	36,267
72	Lake Stevens	29,258
73	Port Angeles	19,125
74	Cheney	11,014
75	Anacortes	15,965
76	Aberdeen	16,544
77	Toppenish	9,007
78	Shoreline	54,254
79	Lacey	44,031
80	Kirkland	83,320
81	Shelton	9,798
82	Monroe	17,564
83	Sammamish	49,077
84	Edmonds	40,343
85	Ephrata	7,888
86	Lakewood	58,890
87	Renton	95,479
88	Mount Vernon	32,356
89	Ellensburg	18,455
90	Redmond	56,704
91	Olympia	47,847
92	Othello	7,524
93	Oak Harbor	22,220
94	Bremerton	38,664
95	Longview	36,589
96	Sunnyside	16,038
97	Bellevue	132,268
98	Pacific	6,845
99	Walla Walla	31,895
100	Moses Lake	21,141