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SheetWA-AHTANUM-WA · Ahtanum, WA 3,570 pop · income 64th 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 Ahtanum
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Ahtanum on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Benton Heights · lowest
33,871
Benton Heights · lowest
33,871 median HH income
14.0% of the leader · rank #1
Ahtanum · this city
82,188
Ahtanum · this city
82,188 median HH income
33.9% of the leader · rank #2
Social Circle · near
82,188
Social Circle · near
82,188 median HH income
33.9% of the leader · rank #3
Waverly · near
82,188
Waverly · near
82,188 median HH income
33.9% of the leader · rank #4
Arenzville · near
82,188
Arenzville · near
82,188 median HH income
33.9% of the leader · rank #5
Duboistown · near
82,188
Duboistown · near
82,188 median HH income
33.9% of the leader · rank #6
Lloyd Harbor · highest
242,434
Lloyd Harbor · highest
242,434 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 Ahtanum 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: 3,570.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Ahtanum lands in the 64th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
64th
percentile, household income
64th
percentile, home value
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: Ahtanum, WA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 3,570 residents in Ahtanum, a small town within Washington. Households in Ahtanum report a median income of $82,188 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.4%. Typical homes in Ahtanum are valued around $293,000, and the median resident age is 32.1 years. Educational attainment runs 19.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 57.5% 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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,472 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Washington's average monthly utility costs around $188 (state average). 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 Ahtanum'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Ahtanum, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Ahtanum?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Ahtanum?
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.
Within Washington, the closest population matches are Marietta-Alderwood (3,569 residents, $62,243 income); Benton City (3,559 residents, $52,581 income); Canyon Creek (3,556 residents, $67,295 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lloyd Harbor, NY (3,570 residents); Wheatland, WY (3,570 residents); Hacienda San José comunidad, PR (3,569 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Ahtanum?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 88.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
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 B+
3.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C+
$82,188
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
19.2%
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).
Ahtanum profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 76/100 (B+) · 3.4%
Household income: 62/100 (C+) · $82,188
Bachelor's+ share: 32/100 (F) · 19.2%
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
How does Ahtanum compare to other US cities?
Here's how Ahtanum stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income64% higher than other cities
Home value64% pricier 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 Ahtanum 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 Ahtanum near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Ahtanum ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Ahtanum only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#299 of 565
47th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#407 of 565
28th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#387 of 598
34th percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#408 of 599
32nd 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
64th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Ahtanum's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$293,00036th percentilemore affordable than 36% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Ahtanum's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,237 of 15,516
More affordable than 40% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,423 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.6×, Ahtanum sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,237 of 15,516 and #7,423 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$82,188Ahtanum, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Ahtanum, 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 Ahtanum, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)19.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,570
Median Income
$82,188
Median Home Value
$293,000
Median Age
32.1
Poverty Rate
3.4%
Labor force participation
57.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
19.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
88.2%
Carpool
5.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
6.0%
Based on 1,481 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 Ahtanum. 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 Ahtanum 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 Ahtanum sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Ahtanum 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.