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Aberdeen, WA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Aberdeen, Washington (Aberdeen, WA — Census place “Aberdeen city”) is 17,040 residents, ranking #84 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $52,181, the median home is worth $225,100 and median gross rent runs $1,024 a month. Looking for the Aberdeen Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Aberdeen, WA: 98520.
- Population
- 17,040Aberdeen city residents
- Median household income
- $52,181Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $225,100Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,024Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 57.1%Owner-occupied households
Aberdeen ZIP codes (Washington)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Aberdeen.
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What the numbers mean in Aberdeen city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Aberdeen city median would spend about 23.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 22.2% of residents and 57.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Aberdeen city, WA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Aberdeen city is a mid-size town in Washington, with 17,040 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #84 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 36.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Aberdeen city earn a median of $52,181 a year, 33.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 42% below the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 22.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Aberdeen city is valued at $225,100, 25.8% below the national figure and 52% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,024 a month, 27.2% below the national figure, or roughly $12,288 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 57.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Aberdeen city?
- Aberdeen city has 17,040 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #84 of 639 in Washington.
- What is the median household income in Aberdeen city?
- Median household income in Aberdeen city is $52,181 a year, 33.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Aberdeen city?
- Median gross rent is $1,024 a month and the median home value is $225,100, so rent absorbs about 23.5% of median household income.
- Is Aberdeen city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Aberdeen city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Aberdeen city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.