Washington · Census place 27365
Gold Bar, WA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Gold Bar, Washington (Gold Bar, WA — Census place “Gold Bar city”) is 2,396 residents, ranking #293 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $95,296, the median home is worth $430,000 and median gross rent runs $1,617 a month. Looking for the Gold Bar Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Gold Bar, WA: 98251.
- Population
- 2,396Gold Bar city residents
- Median household income
- $95,296Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $430,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,617Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 34.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 83.9%Owner-occupied households
Gold Bar ZIP codes (Washington)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gold Bar.
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What the numbers mean in Gold Bar city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Gold Bar city median would spend about 20.4% 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 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.7% of residents and 83.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Gold Bar city, WA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Gold Bar city is a small town in Washington, with 2,396 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #293 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 54% of them. The median age here is 34.2 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 Gold Bar city earn a median of $95,296 a year, 21.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 5% above the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Gold Bar city is valued at $430,000, 41.7% above the national figure and 8% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,617 a month, 15% above the national figure, or roughly $19,404 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.4% 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 4.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 83.9% 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. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
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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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Gold Bar city?
- Gold Bar city has 2,396 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #293 of 639 in Washington.
- What is the median household income in Gold Bar city?
- Median household income in Gold Bar city is $95,296 a year, 21.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gold Bar city?
- Median gross rent is $1,617 a month and the median home value is $430,000, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.
- Is Gold Bar city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gold Bar city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Gold Bar 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.