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SheetWA-CASCADE-VALLEY-WA · Cascade Valley, WA 3,824 pop · income 18th 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 Cascade Valley
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cascade Valley on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Prestonsburg · lowest
27,265
Prestonsburg · lowest
27,265 median HH income
10.9% of the leader · rank #1
Vernon · near
48,855
Vernon · near
48,855 median HH income
19.5% of the leader · rank #2
Masaryktown · near
48,857
Masaryktown · near
48,857 median HH income
19.5% of the leader · rank #3
Canton · near
48,858
Canton · near
48,858 median HH income
19.5% of the leader · rank #4
Cascade Valley · this city
48,862
Cascade Valley · this city
48,862 median HH income
19.5% of the leader · rank #5
Pocono Springs · near
48,864
Pocono Springs · near
48,864 median HH income
19.5% of the leader · rank #6
Brookmont · highest
250,001
Brookmont · highest
250,001 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 Cascade Valley 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: 3,824.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Cascade Valley places in the 18th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
18th
percentile, household income
10th
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: Cascade Valley, WA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 3,824 residents in Cascade Valley, a small town within Washington. Cascade Valley households earn a median of $48,862 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 12.2%. Typical homes in Cascade Valley are valued around $101,100, and the median resident age is 46.3 years. Educational attainment runs 10.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 54.8% 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. 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). 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 Cascade Valley'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 to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Cascade Valley, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Cascade Valley?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 59.5%. 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. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Which cities make useful reference points for Cascade Valley?
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 La Center (3,885 residents, $118,629 income); Bunk Foss (3,718 residents, $152,208 income); Grand Mound (3,711 residents, $77,000 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Vicksburg, MI (3,824 residents); Dana, NC (3,824 residents); Prestonsburg, KY (3,823 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Cascade Valley?
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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 12.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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 F
12.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$48,862
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); 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.
Bachelor's+ share F
10.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Cascade Valley profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 31/100 (F) · 12.2%
Household income: 19/100 (F) · $48,862
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
Bachelor's+ share: 6/100 (F) · 10.0%
How does Cascade Valley compare to other US cities?
Cascade Valley measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income18% higher than other cities
Home value10% 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 Cascade Valley 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 Cascade Valley near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cascade Valley ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cascade Valley only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#526 of 565
7th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#560 of 565
1st percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#115 of 598
81st percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#539 of 599
10th 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
18th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Cascade Valley's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$101,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 90% 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
Cascade Valley's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#1,897 of 15,516
More affordable than 88% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,805 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.1×, Cascade Valley sits in the affordable band:
national rank #1,897 of 15,516 and #1,805 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$48,862Cascade Valley, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cascade Valley, 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 Cascade Valley, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)10.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,824
Median Income
$48,862
Median Home Value
$101,100
Median Age
46.3
Poverty Rate
12.2%
Labor force participation
54.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
10.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
59.5%
Carpool
13.1%
Public Transit
13.9%
Walk
2.7%
Work from Home
10.8%
Based on 1,873 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 Cascade Valley. 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 Cascade Valley 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 Cascade Valley sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cascade Valley 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.