What is the population of Forks city?

Forks city has 3,413 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #243 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Forks city?

Median household income in Forks city is $46,389 a year, 40.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $878 a month and the median home value is $193,900, so rent absorbs about 22.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Forks city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Forks, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Forks, Washington (Forks, WA — Census place “Forks city”) is 3,413 residents, ranking #243 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $46,389, the median home is worth $193,900 and median gross rent runs $878 a month. Looking for the Forks Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Forks, WA: 98331.

Population: 3,413Forks city residents
Median household income: $46,389Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $193,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $878Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 50.9%Owner-occupied households

Forks ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Forks.

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

98331

What the numbers mean in Forks city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Forks city median would spend about 22.7% 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 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 23.1% of residents and 50.9% of households own their home.

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

Forks city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Forks city is a small town in Washington, with 3,413 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #243 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 62% of them. The median age here is 37.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Forks city earn a median of $46,389 a year, 40.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 49% below 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 23.1% 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 Forks city is valued at $193,900, 36.1% below the national figure and 59% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $878 a month, 37.6% below the national figure, or roughly $10,536 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.7% 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 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 50.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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

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What is the population of Forks city?: Forks city has 3,413 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #243 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Forks city?: Median household income in Forks city is $46,389 a year, 40.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Forks city?: Median gross rent is $878 a month and the median home value is $193,900, so rent absorbs about 22.7% of median household income.
Is Forks city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Forks city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Forks city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.