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SheetWA-FREDERICKSON-WA · Frederickson, WA 24,219 pop · income 82nd 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 Frederickson
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Frederickson on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Columbus · lowest
67,212
Columbus · lowest
67,212 median HH income
37.0% of the leader · rank #1
North Shore · near
107,235
North Shore · near
107,235 median HH income
59.0% of the leader · rank #2
Frederickson · this city
107,241
Frederickson · this city
107,241 median HH income
59.0% of the leader · rank #3
Lawson · near
107,250
Lawson · near
107,250 median HH income
59.0% of the leader · rank #4
South Amana · near
107,250
South Amana · near
107,250 median HH income
59.0% of the leader · rank #5
Old Jamestown · near
107,250
Old Jamestown · near
107,250 median HH income
59.0% of the leader · rank #6
Union Hill-No… · highest
181,820
Union Hill-No… · highest
181,820 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 Frederickson 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: 24,219.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Frederickson lands in the 82nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
82nd
percentile, household income
82nd
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: Frederickson, WA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 24,219 residents in Frederickson, a small city within Washington. Median household income here is $107,241 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.6%. Frederickson's housing stock carries a median value of $455,900, and the median resident age is 33.2 years. 21.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 61.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,472 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $188 across Washington, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in Frederickson report an average commute of 31.7 minutes, with 73.2% driving alone and 10.6% working from home. 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 Frederickson'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 work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Frederickson, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Frederickson?
Within Washington, the closest population matches are Oak Harbor (24,396 residents, $72,041 income); Bainbridge Island (24,607 residents, $159,882 income); North Lynnwood (23,653 residents, $102,888 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are South Plainfield, NJ (24,231 residents); Westmont, IL (24,201 residents); Johnston, IA (24,196 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 Frederickson?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 31.7 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Frederickson?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.6%, 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.
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 A-
2.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income A-
$107,241
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
21.9%
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).
Frederickson profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 81/100 (A-) · 2.6%
Household income: 80/100 (A-) · $107,241
Bachelor's+ share: 40/100 (D) · 21.9%
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
How does Frederickson compare to other US cities?
Frederickson measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income82% higher than other cities
Home value82% 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 Frederickson 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 Frederickson near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Frederickson ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Frederickson only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#156 of 565
72nd percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#238 of 565
58th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#418 of 598
30th percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#368 of 599
38th 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
82nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Frederickson's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$455,90018th percentilemore affordable than 18% 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
Frederickson's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,394 of 15,516
More affordable than 27% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,182 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.3×, Frederickson sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,394 of 15,516 and #2,182 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
$107,241Frederickson, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Frederickson, 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 Frederickson, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
24,219
Median Income
$107,241
Median Home Value
$455,900
Median Age
33.2
Poverty Rate
2.6%
Labor force participation
61.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
21.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
31.7 minutes
Drive Alone
73.2%
Carpool
10.5%
Public Transit
2.7%
Walk
1.5%
Work from Home
10.6%
Other
1.5%
Based on 11,077 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 Frederickson. 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 Frederickson 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 Frederickson sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Frederickson 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.