98530

The median income of households in 98530 was $80,682. An estimated 4.1% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 5.4% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 73.4% of households received earnings. An estimated 32.9% of households received Social Security and an estimated 34.7 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $22,974. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2020-2024, 25.5 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 47.4% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 13.9% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 23% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2020-2024, 19.8 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 75% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 54.5% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 59.1% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 98530 in 2020-2024, 94% had health insurance coverage and 6% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 59.5% and public coverage was 55.1%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 6.8%.

In 2020-2024, 98530 had a total population of 619 - 320 (51.7%) females and 299 (48.3%) males. The median age was 39.9 years. An estimated 19.9% of the population was under 18 years, 35.6% was 19 to 44 years, 26.5% was 45 to 64 years, and 16.3 % was 65 years and older.

In 2020-2024, there were 222 households in 98530. The average household size was 2.79 people.

Married-couple households made up 51.4% of the households in 98530 while cohabiting couple households made up 14.9% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 25.2% of all households, while 8.6% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 5% of households were male householders living alone, and 13.1% were female householders living alone, for a total of 18.1% of all households.

In 98530, 26.6% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 31.1% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2020-2024, an estimated 98.4% of the people living in 98530 were U.S. natives. 71.4% of the 98530 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 1.6% of 98530 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 0% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 40 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 98530 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 98530.

Among people at least five years old living in 98530 in 2020-2024, 1 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 0% of people at least five years old; 0% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2020-2024, 78.5 % of the people at least one year old living in 98530 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2020-2024, 88.7 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 17.2% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 11.3% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 98530 was 153 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 0 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 99. College or graduate school enrollment was 54.

In 98530, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 25 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 16.3% of people under 18 years old, to 23.5% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 41.6% of those 65 and over.

In 98530, 43.4 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 52.6% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 77.9% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 22.1% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 0 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 98530 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 81.5% of 98530 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 8.6% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 35.5 minutes to get to work.

In 2020-2024, 98530 had a total of 231 housing units. Of these housing units, 84% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 2.2% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 13.9% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

3.9% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 29% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 98530 was 5.8 rooms, and of these housing units 76.7% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2020-2024, 98530 had 222 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 9 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 79.3% while renters occupied 20.7%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.85 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.57.

1.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 13.5% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 0% and another 40.1% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 98530:

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 98530 was $335,300.

Of the owner-occupied households, 69.3 % had a mortgage. 30.7% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,329 and for owners without a mortgage it was $600.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 98530 was $1,338. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.