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SheetWA-LEAVENWORTH-WA · Leavenworth, WA 2,676 pop · income 56th 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 Leavenworth
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Leavenworth on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Hartford · lowest
54,286
Hartford · lowest
54,286 median HH income
30.4% of the leader · rank #1
Parker · near
74,643
Parker · near
74,643 median HH income
41.9% of the leader · rank #2
Wintersville · near
74,648
Wintersville · near
74,648 median HH income
41.9% of the leader · rank #3
Leavenworth · this city
74,653
Leavenworth · this city
74,653 median HH income
41.9% of the leader · rank #4
Fivepointville · near
74,659
Fivepointville · near
74,659 median HH income
41.9% of the leader · rank #5
Upland · near
74,663
Upland · near
74,663 median HH income
41.9% of the leader · rank #6
Woodside · highest
178,333
Woodside · highest
178,333 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 Leavenworth 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: 2,676.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Leavenworth lands in the 56th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
56th
percentile, household income
88th
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: Leavenworth, WA
Leavenworth is a small town in Washington, home to 2,676 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Leavenworth report a median income of $74,653 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.4%. Typical homes in Leavenworth are valued around $564,100, and the median resident age is 42.3 years. About 45.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 62.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 382 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 72% from five years earlier. NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 47.3°F with 25.7 inches of precipitation per year and 80.2 inches of snowfall.
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. 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. 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 Leavenworth'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to climate and hazard context to population change to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Leavenworth, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, annual population history, commute-mode shares, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for 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
How far does income reach against housing in Leavenworth?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.4%, 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Leavenworth?
Within Washington, the closest population matches are Fobes Hill (2,683 residents, $132,250 income); Friday Harbor (2,685 residents, $69,954 income); Peaceful Valley (2,661 residents, $60,271 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Woodside, PA (2,676 residents); Hartford, AL (2,677 residents); Thruston, KY (2,675 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 Leavenworth?
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 53.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
What physical conditions frame life in Leavenworth?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 47.3°F, with 25.7 inches of precipitation and 80.2 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Washington is 70.0 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
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.
Population change
Is Leavenworth growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
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.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,015 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +43.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 382 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+43.0%
2025 estimate
3,373
2020 estimate
2,358
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What does the education layer cover for Leavenworth?
The NCES join finds 5 public schools within the city match. 45.6% 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
5
Bachelor's degree+
45.6%
Poverty estimate
6.4%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above median income · poverty 6.4% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Washington average
C-
City profile score · Leavenworth, WA
50/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share A-
45.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C-
$74,653
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Leavenworth profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 80/100 (A-) · 45.6%
Poverty rate: 56/100 (C) · 6.4%
Household income: 54/100 (C-) · $74,653
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
How does Leavenworth compare to other US cities?
Leavenworth measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income56% higher than other cities
Home value88% 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 Leavenworth 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 Leavenworth near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Leavenworth ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Leavenworth only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#346 of 565
39th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#157 of 565
72nd percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#267 of 598
55th percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#100 of 599
83rd 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
56th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Leavenworth's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$564,10012th percentilemore affordable than 12% 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
Leavenworth's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,894 of 15,516
More affordable than 4% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,935 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 7.6×, Leavenworth sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,894 of 15,516 and #10,935 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
$74,653Leavenworth, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Leavenworth, 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 Leavenworth, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)45.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,676
Median Income
$74,653
Median Home Value
$564,100
Median Age
42.3
Poverty Rate
6.4%
Labor force participation
62.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
45.6%
Climate
Avg Temperature
47.3°F
Annual Precipitation
25.7"
Annual Snowfall
80.2"
Schools
Total Schools
5
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Leavenworth's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,358 residents
2021
2,389 residents
2022
2,422 residents
2023
2,771 residents
2024
2,911 residents
2025
3,373 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
382
housing units authorized
Single-Family
12
detached homes
Multifamily
370
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
142.8
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
222
22
200
$21.5M
2020
35
18
17
$8.2M
2021
38
20
18
$8.4M
2022
14
10
4
$3.1M
2023
6
6
0
$1.6M
2024
382
12
370
$56.1M
Permit volume increased 72% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
53.7%
Carpool
6.5%
Public Transit
0.9%
Walk
16.8%
Work from Home
19.2%
Other
2.9%
Based on 1,359 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 Leavenworth. 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 Leavenworth 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 Leavenworth sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Leavenworth 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, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.