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Place dossier plate
SheetWA-BONNEY-LAKE-WA · Bonney Lake, WA 22,776 pop · income 91st 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 Bonney Lake
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bonney Lake on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cataño zona u… · lowest
24,307
Cataño zona u… · lowest
24,307 median HH income
12.3% of the leader · rank #1
Nocatee · near
131,488
Nocatee · near
131,488 median HH income
66.6% of the leader · rank #2
Contoocook · near
131,518
Contoocook · near
131,518 median HH income
66.6% of the leader · rank #3
Bonney Lake · this city
131,524
Bonney Lake · this city
131,524 median HH income
66.7% of the leader · rank #4
Andover · near
131,528
Andover · near
131,528 median HH income
66.7% of the leader · rank #5
Gilroy · near
131,554
Gilroy · near
131,554 median HH income
66.7% of the leader · rank #6
Cottage Lake · highest
197,331
Cottage Lake · highest
197,331 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bonney Lake on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 22,776.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Bonney Lake - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Bonney Lake lands in the 91st percentile for household income and the 35th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
91st
percentile, household income
87th
percentile, home value
70th
percentile, median rent
35th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Bonney Lake, WA
Washington's Bonney Lake is a small city, with 22,776 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $131,524 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.2%. Home values in Bonney Lake run a median of $558,900, and the median resident age is 35.4 years. Educational attainment runs 29.6% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 67.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 15 residential building permits were authorized in Bonney Lake (Construction Slowdown), down 97% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 1887.1 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,472 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Washington run around $188, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 70.0 out of 100 (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bonney Lake'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 comparison shortlist to population change to housing and income to work and mobility to schools and households to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bonney Lake, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Bonney Lake?
Within Washington, the closest population matches are Martha Lake (22,740 residents, $132,130 income); Hazel Dell (23,086 residents, $78,958 income); Cottage Lake (23,170 residents, $197,331 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Laguna Beach, CA (22,777 residents); Ashland, CA (22,784 residents); Cataño zona urbana, PR (22,768 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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Is Bonney Lake growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +119 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 15 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Bonney Lake?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.2%, 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Bonney Lake?
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 72.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Bonney Lake?
The NCES join finds 9 public schools within the city match. 29.6% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
9
Bachelor's degree+
29.6%
Poverty estimate
3.2%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Bonney Lake?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1887.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 17% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
1703.2
Violent rate
183.9
Total reported rate
1887.1
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
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 A+
$131,524
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B+
3.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C
29.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime C-
184 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
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.
Bonney Lake profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 91/100 (A+) · $131,524
Poverty rate: 77/100 (B+) · 3.2%
Bachelor's+ share: 57/100 (C) · 29.6%
Violent crime: 50/100 (C-) · 184 /100k
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
Where Bonney Lake sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Bonney Lake's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Bonney Lake highlighted among 25 peers.Read the chart values
Bonney Lake, WA (this city): home $558,900, crime 1,887/100k
Laguna Beach, CA : home $2,000,000+, crime 1,117/100k
Machesney Park, IL : home $162,500, crime 1,855/100k
Christiansburg, VA : home $242,900, crime 2,821/100k
Kenmore, WA : home $869,800, crime 1,072/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Bonney Lake compare to other US cities?
Bonney Lake measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income91% higher than other cities
Home value87% pricier than other cities
Median rent70% pricier than other cities
Safety35% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Washington alone, Bonney Lake ranks #73 of 156 Washington cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bonney Lake 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 Bonney Lake near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bonney Lake ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bonney Lake only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#79 of 565
86th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#159 of 565
72nd percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#396 of 598
33rd percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#240 of 599
60th 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
91st percentile nationally for median household income · 35th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Bonney Lake's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Bonney Lake's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Bonney Lake's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$558,90013th percentilemore affordable than 13% 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
Bonney Lake's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,385 of 15,516
More affordable than 27% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,180 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.2×, Bonney Lake sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,385 of 15,516 and #2,180 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$131,524Bonney Lake, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bonney Lake, 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 Bonney Lake, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
22,776
Median Income
$131,524
Median Home Value
$558,900
Median Age
35.4
Poverty Rate
3.2%
Labor force participation
67.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
29.6%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1887.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
183.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1703.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
9
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Bonney Lake's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
22,020 residents
2021
22,108 residents
2022
22,116 residents
2023
22,030 residents
2024
22,103 residents
2025
22,139 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
15
housing units authorized
Single-Family
15
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
523
97
426
$84.2M
2020
98
92
6
$26.9M
2021
114
24
90
$20.1M
2022
62
31
31
$28.2M
2023
40
16
24
$11.1M
2024
15
15
0
$8.2M
Permit volume decreased 97% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
72.0%
Carpool
9.5%
Public Transit
1.4%
Walk
1.0%
Work from Home
15.4%
Other
0.7%
Based on 11,188 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 Bonney Lake. 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 Bonney Lake 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 Bonney Lake sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bonney Lake 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.