What is the population of Kettle Falls city?

Kettle Falls city has 1,703 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #338 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Kettle Falls city?

Median household income in Kettle Falls city is $49,750 a year, 36.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $807 a month and the median home value is $215,100, so rent absorbs about 19.5% of median household income.

Is Kettle Falls city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kettle Falls city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Kettle Falls, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kettle Falls, Washington (Kettle Falls, WA — Census place “Kettle Falls city”) is 1,703 residents, ranking #338 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $49,750, the median home is worth $215,100 and median gross rent runs $807 a month. Looking for the Kettle Falls Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kettle Falls, WA: 99141.

Population: 1,703Kettle Falls city residents
Median household income: $49,750Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $215,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $807Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56.5%Owner-occupied households

Kettle Falls ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kettle Falls.

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

99141

What the numbers mean in Kettle Falls city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Kettle Falls city median would spend about 19.5% 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 4.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.8% of residents and 56.5% of households own their home.

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

Kettle Falls city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kettle Falls city is a small town in Washington, with 1,703 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #338 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 47% of them. The median age here is 44.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Kettle Falls city earn a median of $49,750 a year, 36.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 45% below 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 16.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Kettle Falls city is valued at $215,100, 29.1% below the national figure and 54% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $807 a month, 42.6% below the national figure, or roughly $9,684 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.5% 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 4.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 56.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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

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What is the population of Kettle Falls city?: Kettle Falls city has 1,703 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #338 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Kettle Falls city?: Median household income in Kettle Falls city is $49,750 a year, 36.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kettle Falls city?: Median gross rent is $807 a month and the median home value is $215,100, so rent absorbs about 19.5% of median household income.
Is Kettle Falls city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kettle Falls city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Kettle Falls 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.