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SheetWA-NORTH-FORT-LEWIS-WA · North Fort Lewis, WA 5,990 pop · income 53rd 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 North Fort Lewis
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest North Fort Lewis on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Homestead Mea… · lowest
55,559
Homestead Mea… · lowest
55,559 median HH income
28.1% of the leader · rank #1
Mexico · near
72,772
Mexico · near
72,772 median HH income
36.8% of the leader · rank #2
North Fort Le… · this city
72,778
North Fort Le… · this city
72,778 median HH income
36.8% of the leader · rank #3
Bauxite · near
72,778
Bauxite · near
72,778 median HH income
36.8% of the leader · rank #4
Cerulean · near
72,778
Cerulean · near
72,778 median HH income
36.8% of the leader · rank #5
Bryson · near
72,781
Bryson · near
72,781 median HH income
36.8% of the leader · rank #6
Daniels Farm · highest
197,731
Daniels Farm · highest
197,731 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 North Fort Lewis 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: 5,990.
Nationally, North Fort Lewis sits in the 53rd percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
53rd
percentile, household income
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: North Fort Lewis, WA
Washington's North Fort Lewis is a small town, with 5,990 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in North Fort Lewis brings in $72,778 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 9.4%. The median resident age is 24.3 years. 29.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 70.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of North Fort Lewis'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 work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For North Fort Lewis, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in North Fort Lewis?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 58.0%. 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for North Fort Lewis?
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 Hockinson (5,993 residents, $132,083 income); Blaine (5,982 residents, $81,559 income); Country Homes (5,979 residents, $78,841 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Maize, KS (5,990 residents); Hilton, NY (5,990 residents); Walpole, MA (5,989 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.
Above median income · poverty 9.4% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Washington average
D
City profile score · North Fort Lewis, WA
41/100
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 C
29.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C-
$72,778
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
9.4%
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).
North Fort Lewis profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 57/100 (C) · 29.4%
Household income: 52/100 (C-) · $72,778
Poverty rate: 42/100 (D) · 9.4%
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
How does North Fort Lewis compare to other US cities?
North Fort Lewis measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income53% higher 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 North Fort Lewis 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 North Fort Lewis near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, North Fort Lewis ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares North Fort Lewis only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#358 of 565
37th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#176 of 598
70th percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#242 of 599
59th 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
53rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$72,778North Fort Lewis, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context North Fort Lewis, 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 North Fort Lewis, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)14.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,990
Median Income
$72,778
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
24.3
Poverty Rate
9.4%
Labor force participation
14.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
29.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
58.0%
Carpool
11.5%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
24.2%
Work from Home
3.1%
Other
2.6%
Based on 3,631 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 North Fort Lewis. 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 North Fort Lewis 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 North Fort Lewis sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How North Fort Lewis 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 ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.