What is the population of Pacific city?

Pacific city has 7,064 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #161 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Pacific city?

Median household income in Pacific city is $102,976 a year, 31.1% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,722 a month and the median home value is $437,400, so rent absorbs about 20.1% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pacific city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Pacific, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Pacific, Washington (Pacific, WA — Census place “Pacific city”) is 7,064 residents, ranking #161 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $102,976, the median home is worth $437,400 and median gross rent runs $1,722 a month. Looking for the Pacific Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Pacific, WA: 98047.

Population: 7,064Pacific city residents
Median household income: $102,976Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $437,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,722Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.5%Owner-occupied households

Pacific ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Pacific.

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

98047

What the numbers mean in Pacific city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Pacific city median would spend about 20.1% 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 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.7% of residents and 58.5% of households own their home.

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

Pacific city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Pacific city is a mid-size town in Washington, with 7,064 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #161 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 36.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Pacific city earn a median of $102,976 a year, 31.1% above the national figure of $78,538 and 14% above the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 15.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Pacific city is valued at $437,400, 44.2% above the national figure and 7% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,722 a month, 22.5% above the national figure, or roughly $20,664 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.1% 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 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 58.5% 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.

Median income runs above the national figure while poverty also runs above it — a split distribution, not a uniformly comfortable place. Averages hide that; the two numbers together do not.

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 Pacific city?: Pacific city has 7,064 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #161 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Pacific city?: Median household income in Pacific city is $102,976 a year, 31.1% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Pacific city?: Median gross rent is $1,722 a month and the median home value is $437,400, so rent absorbs about 20.1% of median household income.
Is Pacific city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pacific city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Pacific 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.