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Millwood, WA

Millwood's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

1,880
Residents
$71,875
Median income
$327,200
Median home
$1,472
Median rent (state)
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Place dossier plate

Sheet WA-MILLWOOD-WA · Millwood, WA 1,880 pop · income 52nd pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-MID · COL-ABOVE · SAFE-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-MID · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 1,880
  • INC-MID $71,875
  • COL-ABOVE 107.0
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-MID 52nd
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Layton
  • HOME-MID $327,200
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Layton, FL (+ $0 income $)

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 Millwood

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Millwood on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Millwood 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: 1,880.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $71,875. Population peers are excluded.

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Millwood - the verdict

Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Millwood places in the 52nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

52nd
percentile, household income
69th
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: Millwood, WA

Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,880 residents in Millwood, a small town within Washington. The typical household in Millwood brings in $71,875 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 9.8%. Home values in Millwood run a median of $327,200, and the median resident age is 37.3 years. 23.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 68.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

In 2024, 1 residential building permits were authorized in Millwood (Construction Slowdown), down 67% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data.

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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,472 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $188 across Washington, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Millwood workers runs 16.4 minutes, with 81.1% driving alone and 13.5% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 70.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).

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Useful questions to ask of Millwood'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 population change to comparison shortlist 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 Millwood, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

1. Population change

Is Millwood growing, shrinking, or holding steady?

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.

Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -55 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 1 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.

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Question 2

Which cities make useful reference points for Millwood?

Within Washington, the closest population matches are Kitsap Lake (1,879 residents, $90,156 income); Cathcart (1,878 residents, $106,000 income); South Creek (1,885 residents, $81,826 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are White Island Shores, MA (1,880 residents); Fennville, MI (1,880 residents); Black River, NY (1,880 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.

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Question 3

How far does income reach against housing in Millwood?

The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 9.8%, 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.

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4. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Millwood?

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 81.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 16.4 minutes.

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Population

1,880 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$71,875 /yr

Above median income · poverty 9.8% (Above-median poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

107.0 (US=100)

High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Washington average

City profile score · Millwood, WA

38/100

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 C-
$71,875

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Bachelor's+ share D
23.2%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Poverty rate D
9.8%

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).

Millwood profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Household income, Bachelor's+ share, Poverty rate, Cost of living. Household incomeBachelor's+ sharePoverty rateCost of living 38 F
Millwood profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Household income: 51/100 (C-) · $71,875
  • Bachelor's+ share: 44/100 (D) · 23.2%
  • Poverty rate: 40/100 (D) · 9.8%
  • Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index

How does Millwood compare to other US cities?

Here's how Millwood stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 52% higher than other cities
Home value 69% pricier than other cities
Median rent 70% 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 Millwood 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 Millwood near the bottom of Washington's cities

Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Millwood ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Millwood only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#368 of 565
34th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#375 of 565
34th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#160 of 598
72nd percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#337 of 599
44th 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.

52ndIncome percentile
Gauge source note

52nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Millwood's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$327,200 31st percentile more affordable than 31% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). This entry sits in this band. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Millwood $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

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

Millwood's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.6×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,086 of 15,516
More affordable than 22% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,241 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 4.6×, Millwood sits in the moderate band: national rank #12,086 of 15,516 and #9,241 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

$71,875 Millwood, WA median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Millwood, WA Millwood, WA's median household income ($71,875) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Millwood, WA-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Millwood, WA median $71,875/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Millwood, 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 Millwood, WA.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 23.2%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 9.8%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 68.1%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
1,880
Median Income
$71,875
Median Home Value
$327,200
Median Age
37.3
Poverty Rate
9.8%
Labor force participation
68.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
23.2%

Population Change

PEP vintage

Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025

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1,800 residents1,850 residents1,900 residents 202020212022202320242025 1,880 residents 1,825 residents ▼ -2.9%
Millwood's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.
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Period Population
2020 1,880 residents
2021 1,893 residents
2022 1,878 residents
2023 1,852 residents
2024 1,838 residents
2025 1,825 residents

Housing Supply

BPS source

Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized

📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
1
housing units authorized
Single-Family
1
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.5
permits per 1,000 residents

5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)

Year Total
2019 3
2020 9
2021 1
2022 1
2023 0
2024 1

Permit volume decreased 67% from 2019 to 2024.

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Average Commute Time
16.4 minutes
Drive Alone
81.1%
Carpool
2.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.6%
Work from Home
13.5%

Based on 962 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 Millwood. 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 Millwood 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 Millwood sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Millwood 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.

City Population Median Household Income
Millwood (this city) 1,880 $71,875
Kitsap Lake 1,879 $90,156
Cathcart 1,878 $106,000
South Creek 1,885 $81,826
Census BPS 2024
Primary sources on this page

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.

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Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES. Joins use OMB Bulletin 23-01 / FIPS keys.

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