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SheetWA-MOSSYROCK-WA · Mossyrock, WA 980 pop · income 11th 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 Mossyrock
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Mossyrock on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Brady Lake · lowest
38,438
Brady Lake · lowest
38,438 median HH income
20.7% of the leader · rank #1
Mossyrock · this city
43,281
Mossyrock · this city
43,281 median HH income
23.3% of the leader · rank #2
Lorimor · near
43,281
Lorimor · near
43,281 median HH income
23.3% of the leader · rank #3
Motley · near
43,281
Motley · near
43,281 median HH income
23.3% of the leader · rank #4
Shell Valley · near
43,281
Shell Valley · near
43,281 median HH income
23.3% of the leader · rank #5
Ringwood · near
43,281
Ringwood · near
43,281 median HH income
23.3% of the leader · rank #6
Upper Bear Cr… · highest
185,574
Upper Bear Cr… · highest
185,574 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 Mossyrock 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: 980.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Mossyrock lands in the 11th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
11th
percentile, household income
42nd
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: Mossyrock, WA
Washington's Mossyrock is a small town, with 980 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Mossyrock brings in $43,281 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 23.0%. Home values in Mossyrock run a median of $196,700, and the median resident age is 31.8 years. Educational attainment runs 6.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 50.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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. 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 Mossyrock'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 housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Mossyrock, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is Mossyrock growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +34 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.4% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Mossyrock?
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 4.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 23.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Mossyrock?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 87.1%. 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Mossyrock?
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 Lake Bosworth (980 residents, $109,375 income); Lake Roesiger (981 residents, $117,126 income); Marrowstone (982 residents, $93,125 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Upper Bear Creek, CO (980 residents); Calmar, IA (980 residents); Lewiston, MI (980 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.
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 Mossyrock?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 6.3% 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
23.0%
Bachelor's degree+
6.3%
Matched public schools
1
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Low income · poverty 23.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Washington average
F
City profile score · Mossyrock, WA
9/100
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.
Household income F
$43,281
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
23.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
6.3%
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).
Mossyrock profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
Household income: 11/100 (F) · $43,281
Poverty rate: 9/100 (F) · 23.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 6.3%
How does Mossyrock compare to other US cities?
Where Mossyrock sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income11% higher than other cities
Home value42% 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 Mossyrock 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 Mossyrock near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Mossyrock ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Mossyrock only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#539 of 565
5th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#510 of 565
10th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#30 of 598
94th percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#574 of 599
4th 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
11th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Mossyrock's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$196,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 58% 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
Mossyrock's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,069 of 15,516
More affordable than 22% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,232 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.5×, Mossyrock sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,069 of 15,516 and #9,232 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
$43,281Mossyrock, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Mossyrock, 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 Mossyrock, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)6.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)23.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)50.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
980
Median Income
$43,281
Median Home Value
$196,700
Median Age
31.8
Poverty Rate
23.0%
Labor force participation
50.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
6.3%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Mossyrock's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
772 residents
2021
790 residents
2022
788 residents
2023
795 residents
2024
802 residents
2025
806 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
87.1%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
6.8%
Work from Home
5.2%
Other
0.9%
Based on 310 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 Mossyrock. 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 Mossyrock 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 Mossyrock sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Mossyrock 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 ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.