What is the population of Brier city?

Brier city has 6,507 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #174 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Brier city?

Median household income in Brier city is $138,256 a year, 76% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brier city?

Median gross rent is $2,727 a month and the median home value is $824,500, so rent absorbs about 23.7% of median household income.

Is Brier city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brier city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Brier, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Brier, Washington (Brier, WA — Census place “Brier city”) is 6,507 residents, ranking #174 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $138,256, the median home is worth $824,500 and median gross rent runs $2,727 a month. Looking for the Brier Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Brier, WA: 98036.

Population: 6,507Brier city residents
Median household income: $138,256Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $824,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,727Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 91.3%Owner-occupied households

Brier ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Brier.

The Brier WA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

98036

What the numbers mean in Brier city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Brier city median would spend about 23.7% 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 6.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.1% of residents and 91.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Brier city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Brier city is a mid-size town in Washington, with 6,507 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #174 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 72% of them. The median age here is 45.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Brier city earn a median of $138,256 a year, 76% above the national figure of $78,538 and 53% above the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 3.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Brier city is valued at $824,500, 171.8% above the national figure and 76% above the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,727 a month, 94% above the national figure, or roughly $32,724 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.7% 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 6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 91.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Brier city?: Brier city has 6,507 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #174 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Brier city?: Median household income in Brier city is $138,256 a year, 76% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brier city?: Median gross rent is $2,727 a month and the median home value is $824,500, so rent absorbs about 23.7% of median household income.
Is Brier city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brier city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Brier 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.