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Place dossier plate
SheetWA-HAMILTON-WA · Hamilton, WA 249 pop · income 6th 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 Hamilton
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hamilton on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Maple Falls · lowest
32,324
Maple Falls · lowest
32,324 median HH income
30.5% of the leader · rank #1
Hamilton · this city
37,188
Hamilton · this city
37,188 median HH income
35.1% of the leader · rank #2
Bath · near
37,188
Bath · near
37,188 median HH income
35.1% of the leader · rank #3
Oscoda · near
37,188
Oscoda · near
37,188 median HH income
35.1% of the leader · rank #4
Ridgeway · near
37,188
Ridgeway · near
37,188 median HH income
35.1% of the leader · rank #5
Stoutland · near
37,188
Stoutland · near
37,188 median HH income
35.1% of the leader · rank #6
Green Bluff · highest
106,058
Green Bluff · highest
106,058 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 Hamilton 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: 249.
Hamilton ranks in the 6th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
6th
percentile, household income
48th
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: Hamilton, WA
249 people live in Hamilton, Washington - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Hamilton report a median income of $37,188 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 20.5%. Hamilton's housing stock carries a median value of $220,700, and the median resident age is 39.2 years. Educational attainment runs 7.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 40.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 0 residential units authorized here in 2024 (No Permits).
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. Monthly utility costs average around $188 across Washington, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 70.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Hamilton'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; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hamilton, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Hamilton?
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 Ronald (248 residents); Maple Falls (247 residents, $32,324 income); Nile (247 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Riverview, AL (249 residents); Coffman Cove, AK (249 residents); Wellton Hills, AZ (249 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.
Is Hamilton growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -8 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.7% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 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 downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
How far does income reach against housing in Hamilton?
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 5.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 20.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Hamilton?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 95.5%. 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. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 20.5% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Washington average
F
City profile score · Hamilton, WA
8/100
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.
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.
Poverty rate F
20.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$37,188
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
7.1%
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).
Hamilton profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
Poverty rate: 12/100 (F) · 20.5%
Household income: 3/100 (F) · $37,188
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 7.1%
How does Hamilton compare to other US cities?
Hamilton measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income6% higher than other cities
Home value48% 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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hamilton ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hamilton only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#558 of 565
1st percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#478 of 565
15th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#41 of 598
93rd percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#569 of 599
5th 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
6th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Hamilton's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$220,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 52% 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
Hamilton's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,051 of 15,516
More affordable than 9% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,435 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.9×, Hamilton sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,051 of 15,516 and #10,435 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
$37,188Hamilton, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hamilton, 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 Hamilton, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)7.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)20.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)40.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
249
Median Income
$37,188
Median Home Value
$220,700
Median Age
39.2
Poverty Rate
20.5%
Labor force participation
40.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
7.1%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Hamilton's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
297 residents
2021
297 residents
2022
294 residents
2023
291 residents
2024
290 residents
2025
289 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
0
0
0
-
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
95.5%
Carpool
1.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
3.0%
Based on 67 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 Hamilton. 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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hamilton 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 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.