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SheetWA-DUVALL-WA · Duvall, WA 8,279 pop · income 97th 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 Duvall
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Duvall on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Sequim · lowest
52,977
Sequim · lowest
52,977 median HH income
29.6% of the leader · rank #1
Lake Butler · near
178,750
Lake Butler · near
178,750 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Glen Arbor · near
178,750
Glen Arbor · near
178,750 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Belle Terre · near
178,750
Belle Terre · near
178,750 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Duvall · this city
178,821
Duvall · this city
178,821 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
West Concord · near
178,979
West Concord · near
178,979 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Wesley Hills · highest
179,000
Wesley Hills · highest
179,000 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 Duvall 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: 8,279.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Duvall lands in the 97th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
97th
percentile, household income
94th
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: Duvall, WA
Washington's Duvall is a small town, with 8,279 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Duvall households earn a median of $178,821 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.0%. Home values in Duvall run a median of $758,100, and the median resident age is 36.2 years. Educational attainment runs 56.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 71.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 93 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 158% from five years earlier.
Washington carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Washington at 107.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,472 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Washington run around $188, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. 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 Duvall'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 population change to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Duvall, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; 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 Duvall?
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.
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 4.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,395 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +17.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 93 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Which cities make useful reference points for Duvall?
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 Selah (8,301 residents, $74,757 income); Barberton (8,213 residents, $121,524 income); Stanwood (8,351 residents, $87,477 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County), CO (8,279 residents); St. Francis, MN (8,279 residents); Joshua, TX (8,279 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 Duvall?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 59.1%. 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. 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.
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 Duvall?
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.
The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 56.9% 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.
Poverty estimate
4.0%
Bachelor's degree+
56.9%
Matched public schools
3
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Top-decile income · poverty 4.0% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Washington average
B
City profile score · Duvall, WA
70/100
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 A+
$178,821
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
56.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B
4.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better 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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Duvall profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $178,821
Bachelor's+ share: 90/100 (A+) · 56.9%
Poverty rate: 72/100 (B) · 4.0%
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
How does Duvall compare to other US cities?
Duvall measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income97% higher than other cities
Home value94% 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 Duvall 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 Duvall near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Duvall ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Duvall only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#20 of 565
96th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#63 of 565
89th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#365 of 598
38th percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#42 of 599
93rd 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
97th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Duvall's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$758,1006th percentilemore affordable than 6% 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
Duvall'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
#11,353 of 15,516
More affordable than 27% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,782 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.2×, Duvall sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,353 of 15,516 and #8,782 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
$178,821Duvall, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Duvall, 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 Duvall, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)56.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)71.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
8,279
Median Income
$178,821
Median Home Value
$758,100
Median Age
36.2
Poverty Rate
4.0%
Labor force participation
71.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
56.9%
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Duvall's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
8,045 residents
2021
8,309 residents
2022
8,386 residents
2023
8,597 residents
2024
9,083 residents
2025
9,440 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
93
housing units authorized
Single-Family
83
detached homes
Multifamily
10
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
11.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
36
30
6
$14.9M
2020
185
133
52
$54.4M
2021
52
52
0
$15.0M
2022
74
58
16
$30.2M
2023
191
187
4
$81.8M
2024
93
83
10
$35.4M
Permit volume increased 158% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
59.1%
Carpool
6.2%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
32.6%
Other
1.5%
Based on 4,177 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 Duvall. 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 Duvall 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 Duvall sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Duvall 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, 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.