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SheetWA-NORTH-LYNNWOOD-WA · North Lynnwood, WA 23,653 pop · income 79th 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 Lynnwood
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest North Lynnwood on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Griffin · lowest
44,021
Griffin · lowest
44,021 median HH income
22.3% of the leader · rank #1
Moscow · near
102,868
Moscow · near
102,868 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #2
Sicklerville · near
102,881
Sicklerville · near
102,881 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #3
Rutland · near
102,885
Rutland · near
102,885 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #4
Fort Meade · near
102,886
Fort Meade · near
102,886 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #5
North Lynnwood · this city
102,888
North Lynnwood · this city
102,888 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #6
Cottage Lake · highest
197,331
Cottage Lake · highest
197,331 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 Lynnwood 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: 23,653.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, North Lynnwood places in the 79th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
79th
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: North Lynnwood, WA
23,653 people live in North Lynnwood, Washington - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in North Lynnwood brings in $102,888 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.2%. North Lynnwood's housing stock carries a median value of $565,000, and the median resident age is 33.1 years. 42.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 75.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,472 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Washington run around $188, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. 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 North Lynnwood'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 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 Lynnwood, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in North Lynnwood?
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 5.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in North Lynnwood?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 66.0%. 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for North Lynnwood?
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 Kenmore (23,594 residents, $137,926 income); Eastmont (23,486 residents, $139,346 income); Union Hill-Novelty Hill (23,272 residents, $181,820 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Griffin, GA (23,650 residents); Marshall, TX (23,646 residents); Freeport, IL (23,636 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.
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 B+
$102,888
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B+
42.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.2%
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 Lynnwood profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 78/100 (B+) · $102,888
Bachelor's+ share: 77/100 (B+) · 42.2%
Poverty rate: 58/100 (C) · 6.2%
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
How does North Lynnwood compare to other US cities?
Here's how North Lynnwood stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income79% 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 North Lynnwood 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 Lynnwood near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, North Lynnwood ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares North Lynnwood only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#175 of 565
69th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#156 of 565
72nd percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#275 of 598
53rd percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#122 of 599
79th 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
79th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How North Lynnwood's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$565,00012th 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
North Lynnwood's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,566 of 15,516
More affordable than 13% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,809 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 5.5×, North Lynnwood sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,566 of 15,516 and #2,809 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$102,888North Lynnwood, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context North Lynnwood, 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 Lynnwood, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)75.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
23,653
Median Income
$102,888
Median Home Value
$565,000
Median Age
33.1
Poverty Rate
6.2%
Labor force participation
75.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
42.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
66.0%
Carpool
10.2%
Public Transit
6.0%
Walk
1.6%
Work from Home
15.8%
Based on 14,162 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 Lynnwood. 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 Lynnwood 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 Lynnwood sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How North Lynnwood 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.