What is the population of Olympia city?

Olympia city has 55,583 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #25 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Olympia city?

Median household income in Olympia city is $76,930 a year, 2% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,509 a month and the median home value is $457,900, so rent absorbs about 23.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Olympia city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Olympia, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Olympia, Washington (Olympia, WA — Census place “Olympia city”) is 55,583 residents, ranking #25 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $76,930, the median home is worth $457,900 and median gross rent runs $1,509 a month. Looking for the Olympia Washington ZIP code list? 3 ZIP codes serve Olympia, WA: 98501, 98502, 98506.

Population: 55,583Olympia city residents
Median household income: $76,930Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $457,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,509Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 49.3%Owner-occupied households

Olympia ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Olympia.

The Olympia WA ZIP code list below covers 3 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Olympia city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Olympia city median would spend about 23.5% 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 6.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.8% of residents and 49.3% of households own their home.

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

Olympia city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Olympia city is a small city in Washington, with 55,583 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #25 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 39.2 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 Olympia city earn a median of $76,930 a year, 2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 15% 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 14.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Olympia city is valued at $457,900, 50.9% above the national figure and within a couple of points of the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,509 a month, 7.3% above the national figure, or roughly $18,108 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.5% 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 6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 49.3% 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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What is the population of Olympia city?: Olympia city has 55,583 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #25 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Olympia city?: Median household income in Olympia city is $76,930 a year, 2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Olympia city?: Median gross rent is $1,509 a month and the median home value is $457,900, so rent absorbs about 23.5% of median household income.
Is Olympia city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Olympia city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Olympia 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.