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Place dossier plate
SheetWA-ABERDEEN-GARDENS-WA · Aberdeen Gardens, WA 406 pop · income 93rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Aberdeen Gardens
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Aberdeen Gardens on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
McNeil · lowest
34,792
McNeil · lowest
34,792 median HH income
23.1% of the leader · rank #1
Floyds Knobs · near
143,088
Floyds Knobs · near
143,088 median HH income
94.8% of the leader · rank #2
Winfield · near
143,102
Winfield · near
143,102 median HH income
94.8% of the leader · rank #3
Aberdeen Gard… · this city
143,125
Aberdeen Gard… · this city
143,125 median HH income
94.8% of the leader · rank #4
Port Jefferson · near
143,125
Port Jefferson · near
143,125 median HH income
94.8% of the leader · rank #5
North Hills · near
143,125
North Hills · near
143,125 median HH income
94.8% of the leader · rank #6
Glenview Hills · highest
150,938
Glenview Hills · highest
150,938 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Aberdeen Gardens on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 406.
Aberdeen Gardens ranks in the 93rd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
93rd
percentile, household income
70th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Aberdeen Gardens, WA
Aberdeen Gardens is a small town in Washington, home to 406 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $143,125 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 28.9 years. 15.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 74.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Washington carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 107.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,472 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Washington's average monthly utility costs around $188 (state average). Workers in Aberdeen Gardens report an average commute of 18.3 minutes, with 98.9% driving alone and 1.1% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 70.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Aberdeen Gardens's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Aberdeen Gardens, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Aberdeen Gardens?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 98.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 18.3 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Aberdeen Gardens?
Within Washington, the closest population matches are Gorst (405 residents, $117,813 income); Rockford (407 residents, $70,625 income); Cohassett Beach (404 residents, $84,621 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Glen Allen, AL (406 residents); McNeil, AR (406 residents); Kirkwood, CA (406 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Washington average
C+
City profile score · Aberdeen Gardens, WA
62/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income A+
$143,125
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
15.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
107.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Aberdeen Gardens profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 94/100 (A+) · $143,125
Bachelor's+ share: 22/100 (F) · 15.7%
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
How does Aberdeen Gardens compare to other US cities?
Where Aberdeen Gardens sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income93% higher than other cities
Median rent70% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Aberdeen Gardens against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Washington only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Washington-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Aberdeen Gardens near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Aberdeen Gardens ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Aberdeen Gardens only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#56 of 565
90th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#489 of 598
0th percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#472 of 599
21st percentile in Washington
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Washington only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
93rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$143,125Aberdeen Gardens, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Aberdeen Gardens, WA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Aberdeen Gardens, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)74.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
406
Median Income
$143,125
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
28.9
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
74.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
15.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
18.3 minutes
Drive Alone
98.9%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
1.1%
Based on 175 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Washington statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $188
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Washington at $188 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Washington statewide averages, not a meter reading for Aberdeen Gardens. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Washington's BEA cost-of-living index is 107.0 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Aberdeen Gardens is $1,472/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Washington statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 70.0 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Washington statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Aberdeen Gardens sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Aberdeen Gardens compares to similar-size Washington cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.