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SheetWA-ORTING-WA · Orting, WA 8,957 pop · income 88th 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 Orting
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Orting on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Fitzgerald · lowest
36,515
Fitzgerald · lowest
36,515 median HH income
14.6% of the leader · rank #1
Oak Run · near
120,972
Oak Run · near
120,972 median HH income
48.4% of the leader · rank #2
Ben Lomond · near
120,977
Ben Lomond · near
120,977 median HH income
48.4% of the leader · rank #3
Orting · this city
120,994
Orting · this city
120,994 median HH income
48.4% of the leader · rank #4
Harbison Cany… · near
121,007
Harbison Cany… · near
121,007 median HH income
48.4% of the leader · rank #5
Lewistown · near
121,020
Lewistown · near
121,020 median HH income
48.4% of the leader · rank #6
Ladue · highest
250,001
Ladue · highest
250,001 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Orting on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 8,957.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Orting - the verdict
Orting ranks in the 88th percentile for household income and the 55th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
88th
percentile, household income
82nd
percentile, home value
70th
percentile, median rent
55th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Orting, WA
8,957 people live in Orting, Washington - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $120,994 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.2%. Typical homes in Orting are valued around $452,800, and the median resident age is 33.9 years. 22.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 68.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 8 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 56% from five years earlier. Orting reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1210.2 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Washington's average monthly utility costs around $188 (state average). Workers in Orting report an average commute of 36.7 minutes, with 71.7% driving alone and 11.4% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 70.0 out of 100 (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Orting'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 reported crime to schools and households to 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 Orting, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Orting 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 -157 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -1.7% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 8 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Orting?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1210.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 47% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
The NCES join finds 5 public schools within the city match. 22.2% 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 city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Orting?
Within Washington, the closest population matches are Summit View (9,014 residents, $103,910 income); Summit (8,885 residents, $107,977 income); Hoquiam (8,792 residents, $51,754 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Kennedale, TX (8,954 residents); Fitzgerald, GA (8,962 residents); Flanders, NJ (8,949 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 nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
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.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Orting?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.2%, 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.
Household income
$120,994
Home value
$452,800
Value / income
3.7×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the journey to work look like in Orting?
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 71.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 36.7 minutes.
Public transit
0.7%
Work from home
11.4%
Drive alone
71.7%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 4,316 workers age 16+.
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 A
$120,994
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B+
3.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share D
22.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime F
314 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger 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.
Orting profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 86/100 (A) · $120,994
Poverty rate: 77/100 (B+) · 3.2%
Bachelor's+ share: 41/100 (D) · 22.2%
Violent crime: 31/100 (F) · 314 /100k
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
Where Orting sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Orting's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Orting highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Orting, WA (this city): home $452,800, crime 1,210/100k
Kennedale, TX : home $356,300, crime 498/100k
Fitzgerald, GA : home $99,900, crime 3,755/100k
Ladue, MO : home $1,027,000, crime 893/100k
Hoquiam, WA : home $196,400, crime 1,877/100k
Milton, WA : home $511,000, crime 3,015/100k
Toppenish, WA : home $214,200, crime 4,562/100k
Othello, WA : home $278,600, crime 2,592/100k
How does Orting compare to other US cities?
Here's how Orting stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income88% higher than other cities
Home value82% pricier than other cities
Median rent70% pricier than other cities
Safety55% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Washington alone, Orting ranks #47 of 156 Washington cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Orting 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 Orting near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Orting ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Orting only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#104 of 565
82nd percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#243 of 565
57th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#396 of 598
33rd percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#356 of 599
40th 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
88th percentile nationally for median household income · 55th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Orting's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Orting's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Orting's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$452,80018th percentilemore affordable than 18% 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
Orting's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,852 of 15,516
More affordable than 37% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,813 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.7×, Orting sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,852 of 15,516 and #7,813 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
$120,994Orting, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Orting, 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 Orting, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.2%
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
8,957
Median Income
$120,994
Median Home Value
$452,800
Median Age
33.9
Poverty Rate
3.2%
Labor force participation
68.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
22.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1210.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
313.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
896.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
5
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Orting's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
9,041 residents
2021
9,050 residents
2022
8,952 residents
2023
8,891 residents
2024
8,886 residents
2025
8,884 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
8
housing units authorized
Single-Family
2
detached homes
Multifamily
6
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
18
16
2
$3.4M
2020
1
1
0
$0.3M
2021
40
36
4
$17.0M
2022
32
24
8
$11.6M
2023
4
4
0
$0.7M
2024
8
2
6
$2.4M
Permit volume decreased 56% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
36.7 minutes
Drive Alone
71.7%
Carpool
12.4%
Public Transit
0.7%
Walk
2.3%
Work from Home
11.4%
Other
1.5%
Based on 4,316 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 Orting. 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 Orting 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 Orting sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Orting 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, 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.