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SheetWA-NEAH-BAY-WA · Neah Bay, WA 1,056 pop · income 30th 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 Neah Bay
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Neah Bay on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Gorman · lowest
21,607
Gorman · lowest
21,607 median HH income
14.7% of the leader · rank #1
Galveston · near
56,969
Galveston · near
56,969 median HH income
38.7% of the leader · rank #2
Neah Bay · this city
56,974
Neah Bay · this city
56,974 median HH income
38.7% of the leader · rank #3
Enterprise · near
56,975
Enterprise · near
56,975 median HH income
38.7% of the leader · rank #4
Deerfield Bea… · near
56,976
Deerfield Bea… · near
56,976 median HH income
38.7% of the leader · rank #5
Rowena · near
56,979
Rowena · near
56,979 median HH income
38.7% of the leader · rank #6
Lazy Acres · highest
147,344
Lazy Acres · highest
147,344 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 Neah Bay 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: 1,056.
Neah Bay ranks in the 30th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
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percentile, household income
30th
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: Neah Bay, WA
Neah Bay is a small town in Washington, home to 1,056 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Neah Bay report a median income of $56,974 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 13.9%. Typical homes in Neah Bay are valued around $160,000, and the median resident age is 28.7 years. Educational attainment runs 17.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 57.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 2 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Washington's average monthly utility costs around $188 (state average). The average commute for Neah Bay workers runs 9.2 minutes, with 71.9% driving alone and 10.0% working from home. 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 Neah Bay'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 schools and households 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 Neah Bay, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Neah Bay?
Within Washington, the closest population matches are Easton (1,046 residents, $115,836 income); Republic (1,043 residents, $53,295 income); Asotin (1,039 residents, $88,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lazy Acres, CO (1,056 residents); Hilltop, MN (1,056 residents); New Knoxville, OH (1,056 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.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 17.2% 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 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Neah Bay?
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 71.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 9.2 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Neah Bay?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 13.9%, 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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Below median income · poverty 13.9% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Washington average
F
City profile score · Neah Bay, WA
24/100
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 F
$56,974
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
17.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
13.9%
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).
Neah Bay profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 30/100 (F) · $56,974
Bachelor's+ share: 26/100 (F) · 17.2%
Poverty rate: 25/100 (F) · 13.9%
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
How does Neah Bay compare to other US cities?
Where Neah Bay sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income30% higher than other cities
Home value30% 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 Neah Bay 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 Neah Bay near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Neah Bay ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Neah Bay only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#463 of 565
18th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#543 of 565
4th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#94 of 598
84th percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#449 of 599
25th 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
30th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Neah Bay's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$160,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 70% 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
Neah Bay's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,632 of 15,516
More affordable than 64% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,883 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.8×, Neah Bay sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,632 of 15,516 and #4,883 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$56,974Neah Bay, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Neah Bay, 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 Neah Bay, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)13.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,056
Median Income
$56,974
Median Home Value
$160,000
Median Age
28.7
Poverty Rate
13.9%
Labor force participation
57.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
17.2%
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
9.2 minutes
Drive Alone
71.9%
Carpool
6.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
8.8%
Work from Home
10.0%
Other
2.7%
Based on 488 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 Neah Bay. 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 Neah Bay 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 Neah Bay sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Neah Bay 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.