
Washington · Census place 51340
Omak, WA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Omak, Washington (Omak, WA — Census place “Omak city”) is 4,931 residents, ranking #198 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $75,911, the median home is worth $240,400 and median gross rent runs $828 a month. Looking for the Omak Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Omak, WA: 98841.
- Population
- 4,931Omak city residents
- Median household income
- $75,911Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $240,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $828Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 62.9%Owner-occupied households
Omak ZIP codes (Washington)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Omak.
The Omak WA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Omak city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Omak city median would spend about 13.1% 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 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 22% of residents and 62.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Omak city, WA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Omak city is a small town in Washington, with 4,931 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #198 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 69% of them. The median age here is 38.5 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 Omak city earn a median of $75,911 a year, 3.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 22% 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 Omak city is valued at $240,400, 20.8% below the national figure and 49% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $828 a month, 41.1% below the national figure, or roughly $9,936 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.1% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 62.9% 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
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Omak city?
- Omak city has 4,931 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #198 of 639 in Washington.
- What is the median household income in Omak city?
- Median household income in Omak city is $75,911 a year, 3.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Omak city?
- Median gross rent is $828 a month and the median home value is $240,400, so rent absorbs about 13.1% of median household income.
- Is Omak city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Omak city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Omak 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.