What is the population of Kalama city?

Kalama city has 2,996 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #259 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Kalama city?

Median household income in Kalama city is $103,438 a year, 31.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $428,000.

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

Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kalama city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market.

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Kalama, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kalama, Washington (Kalama, WA — Census place “Kalama city”) is 2,996 residents, ranking #259 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $103,438, the median home is worth $428,000 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Kalama Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kalama, WA: 98625.

Population: 2,996Kalama city residents
Median household income: $103,438Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $428,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: —Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 52 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.3%Owner-occupied households

Kalama ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kalama.

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

98625

What the numbers mean in Kalama city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

The median home costs 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.8% of residents and 63.3% of households own their home.

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

Kalama city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kalama city is a small town in Washington, with 2,996 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #259 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 59% of them. The median age here is 52 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Kalama city earn a median of $103,438 a year, 31.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 14% 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 11.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Kalama city is valued at $428,000, 41.1% above the national figure and 9% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 63.3% 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.

A median age of 52 puts Kalama city well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.

The Census withheld gross rent for Kalama city because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Kalama city?: Kalama city has 2,996 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #259 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Kalama city?: Median household income in Kalama city is $103,438 a year, 31.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kalama city?: Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $428,000.
Is Kalama city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kalama city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
How current is this Kalama 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.