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SheetWA-SUNCREST-WA · Suncrest, WA 5,590 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 Suncrest
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Suncrest on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Bath · lowest
45,514
Bath · lowest
45,514 median HH income
31.4% of the leader · rank #1
Beecher · near
101,957
Beecher · near
101,957 median HH income
70.4% of the leader · rank #2
Suncrest · this city
101,964
Suncrest · this city
101,964 median HH income
70.5% of the leader · rank #3
Elberfeld · near
101,964
Elberfeld · near
101,964 median HH income
70.5% of the leader · rank #4
Quogue · near
101,964
Quogue · near
101,964 median HH income
70.5% of the leader · rank #5
Hot Springs · near
101,964
Hot Springs · near
101,964 median HH income
70.5% of the leader · rank #6
Black Diamond · highest
144,728
Black Diamond · highest
144,728 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 Suncrest 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: 5,590.
Nationally, Suncrest sits in the 79th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
79th
percentile, household income
83rd
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: Suncrest, WA
Washington's Suncrest is a small town, with 5,590 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Suncrest households earn a median of $101,964 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.3%. Typical homes in Suncrest are valued around $469,600, and the median resident age is 50.4 years. About 25.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 50.3% 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. 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). 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 Suncrest'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 Suncrest, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, 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
How far does income reach against housing in Suncrest?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.3%, 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 Suncrest?
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 79.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Suncrest?
Within Washington, the closest population matches are East Port Orchard (5,581 residents, $72,639 income); Tracyton (5,658 residents, $87,064 income); Black Diamond (5,678 residents, $144,728 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Odessa, MO (5,589 residents); East Pasadena, CA (5,592 residents); Ranson corporation, WV (5,588 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.
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+
$101,964
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B
4.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C-
25.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; 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).
Suncrest profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 78/100 (B+) · $101,964
Poverty rate: 70/100 (B) · 4.3%
Bachelor's+ share: 51/100 (C-) · 25.7%
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
How does Suncrest compare to other US cities?
Where Suncrest sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income79% higher than other cities
Home value83% 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 Suncrest 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 Suncrest near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Suncrest ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Suncrest only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#179 of 565
68th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#226 of 565
60th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#353 of 598
40th percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#298 of 599
50th 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 Suncrest's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$469,60017th percentilemore affordable than 17% 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
Suncrest's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,189 of 15,516
More affordable than 21% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,308 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.6×, Suncrest sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,189 of 15,516 and #9,308 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
$101,964Suncrest, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Suncrest, 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 Suncrest, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)50.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,590
Median Income
$101,964
Median Home Value
$469,600
Median Age
50.4
Poverty Rate
4.3%
Labor force participation
50.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
25.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
79.0%
Carpool
6.2%
Public Transit
0.9%
Walk
0.5%
Work from Home
11.1%
Other
2.3%
Based on 2,405 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 Suncrest. 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 Suncrest 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 Suncrest sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Suncrest 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.