What is the population of Camas city?

Camas city has 26,779 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #47 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Camas city?

Median household income in Camas city is $140,053 a year, 78.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,900 a month and the median home value is $656,100, so rent absorbs about 16.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Camas city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Camas, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Camas, Washington (Camas, WA — Census place “Camas city”) is 26,779 residents, ranking #47 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $140,053, the median home is worth $656,100 and median gross rent runs $1,900 a month. Looking for the Camas Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Camas, WA: 98607.

Population: 26,779Camas city residents
Median household income: $140,053Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $656,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,900Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 77.6%Owner-occupied households

Camas ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Camas.

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

98607

What the numbers mean in Camas city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Camas city median would spend about 16.3% 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 4.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.1% of residents and 77.6% of households own their home.

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

Camas city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Camas city is a small city in Washington, with 26,779 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #47 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 40.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Camas city earn a median of $140,053 a year, 78.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 55% above the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 5.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Camas city is valued at $656,100, 116.2% above the national figure and 40% above the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,900 a month, 35.1% above the national figure, or roughly $22,800 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 77.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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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What is the population of Camas city?: Camas city has 26,779 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #47 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Camas city?: Median household income in Camas city is $140,053 a year, 78.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Camas city?: Median gross rent is $1,900 a month and the median home value is $656,100, so rent absorbs about 16.3% of median household income.
Is Camas city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Camas city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Camas 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.