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SheetWA-ALDERTON-WA · Alderton, WA 2,857 pop · income 75th 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 Alderton
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Alderton on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Ruleville · lowest
35,536
Ruleville · lowest
35,536 median HH income
14.2% of the leader · rank #1
Cecilton · near
95,795
Cecilton · near
95,795 median HH income
38.4% of the leader · rank #2
Alderton · this city
95,802
Alderton · this city
95,802 median HH income
38.4% of the leader · rank #3
Indian Springs · near
95,809
Indian Springs · near
95,809 median HH income
38.4% of the leader · rank #4
Beaver Creek · near
95,813
Beaver Creek · near
95,813 median HH income
38.4% of the leader · rank #5
Santa Fe · near
95,815
Santa Fe · near
95,815 median HH income
38.4% of the leader · rank #6
Medina · highest
249,688
Medina · highest
249,688 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 Alderton 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: 2,857.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Alderton places in the 75th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
75th
percentile, household income
84th
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: Alderton, WA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 2,857 residents in Alderton, a small town within Washington. The typical household in Alderton brings in $95,802 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 10.6%. Alderton's housing stock carries a median value of $486,000, and the median resident age is 45.5 years. 14.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 58.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Washington carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Washington scores 107.0 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,472 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $188 across Washington, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 70.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Alderton'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 Alderton, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Alderton?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Which cities make useful reference points for Alderton?
Within Washington, the closest population matches are Eatonville (2,843 residents, $93,603 income); Medina (2,889 residents, $249,688 income); McChord AFB (2,895 residents, $55,662 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Piedmont, MO (2,857 residents); Norco, LA (2,858 residents); Midway South, TX (2,858 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Alderton?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 67.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Above median income · poverty 10.6% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Washington average
D
City profile score · Alderton, WA
40/100
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.
Household income B+
$95,802
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
10.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.3%
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).
Alderton profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 75/100 (B+) · $95,802
Poverty rate: 37/100 (F) · 10.6%
Bachelor's+ share: 18/100 (F) · 14.3%
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
How does Alderton compare to other US cities?
Alderton measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income75% higher than other cities
Home value84% 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 Alderton 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 Alderton near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Alderton ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Alderton only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#213 of 565
62nd percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#206 of 565
64th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#140 of 598
76th percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#495 of 599
17th 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
75th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Alderton's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$486,00016th percentilemore affordable than 16% 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
Alderton's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,027 of 15,516
More affordable than 16% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,838 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.1×, Alderton sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,027 of 15,516 and #9,838 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$95,802Alderton, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Alderton, 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 Alderton, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)58.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,857
Median Income
$95,802
Median Home Value
$486,000
Median Age
45.5
Poverty Rate
10.6%
Labor force participation
58.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
67.5%
Carpool
5.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.2%
Work from Home
25.6%
Other
1.7%
Based on 1,330 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 Alderton. 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 Alderton 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 Alderton sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Alderton 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.