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SheetWA-PORT-ANGELES-EAST-WA · Port Angeles East, WA 3,035 pop · income 45th 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 Port Angeles East
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Port Angeles East on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Bamberg · lowest
27,614
Bamberg · lowest
27,614 median HH income
17.7% of the leader · rank #1
Port Angeles… · this city
66,563
Port Angeles… · this city
66,563 median HH income
42.7% of the leader · rank #2
Pleasant Lake · near
66,563
Pleasant Lake · near
66,563 median HH income
42.7% of the leader · rank #3
Gatesville · near
66,563
Gatesville · near
66,563 median HH income
42.7% of the leader · rank #4
Marshallville · near
66,563
Marshallville · near
66,563 median HH income
42.7% of the leader · rank #5
Mitchell Heig… · near
66,563
Mitchell Heig… · near
66,563 median HH income
42.7% of the leader · rank #6
Windermere · highest
156,042
Windermere · highest
156,042 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 Port Angeles East 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: 3,035.
Port Angeles East ranks in the 45th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
45th
percentile, household income
70th
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: Port Angeles East, WA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 3,035 residents in Port Angeles East, a small town within Washington. The typical household in Port Angeles East brings in $66,563 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 1.8%. Home values in Port Angeles East run a median of $334,800, and the median resident age is 48.6 years. 30.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 51.0% 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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,472 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Washington run around $188, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. 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 Port Angeles East'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 housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Port Angeles East, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Port Angeles East?
Within Washington, the closest population matches are Chico (3,016 residents, $124,700 income); Fairchild AFB (3,016 residents, $69,825 income); Kalama (2,996 residents, $103,438 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Deer Lodge, MT (3,035 residents); Shark River Hills, NJ (3,035 residents); Dadeville, AL (3,034 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Port Angeles East?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.8%, 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. 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Port Angeles East?
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 78.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
Poverty rate A
1.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C
30.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income D
$66,563
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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).
Port Angeles East profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 87/100 (A) · 1.8%
Bachelor's+ share: 59/100 (C) · 30.5%
Household income: 44/100 (D) · $66,563
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
How does Port Angeles East compare to other US cities?
Port Angeles East measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income45% higher than other cities
Home value70% 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 Port Angeles East 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 Port Angeles East near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Port Angeles East ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Port Angeles East only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#404 of 565
28th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#360 of 565
36th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#444 of 598
26th percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#232 of 599
61st 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
45th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Port Angeles East's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$334,80030th percentilemore affordable than 30% 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
Port Angeles East's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#12,941 of 15,516
More affordable than 17% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,791 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.0×, Port Angeles East sits in the pressured band:
national rank #12,941 of 15,516 and #9,791 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$66,563Port Angeles East, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Port Angeles East, 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 Port Angeles East, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)30.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)51.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,035
Median Income
$66,563
Median Home Value
$334,800
Median Age
48.6
Poverty Rate
1.8%
Labor force participation
51.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
30.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
78.9%
Carpool
5.9%
Public Transit
3.1%
Walk
5.1%
Work from Home
4.6%
Other
2.4%
Based on 1,305 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 Port Angeles East. 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 Port Angeles East 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 Port Angeles East sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Port Angeles East 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.