What is the population of Poulsbo city?

Poulsbo city has 11,962 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #115 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Poulsbo city?

Median household income in Poulsbo city is $95,774 a year, 21.9% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,767 a month and the median home value is $574,900, so rent absorbs about 22.1% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Poulsbo city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Poulsbo, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Poulsbo, Washington (Poulsbo, WA — Census place “Poulsbo city”) is 11,962 residents, ranking #115 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $95,774, the median home is worth $574,900 and median gross rent runs $1,767 a month. Looking for the Poulsbo Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Poulsbo, WA: 98370.

Population: 11,962Poulsbo city residents
Median household income: $95,774Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $574,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,767Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.3%Owner-occupied households

Poulsbo ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Poulsbo.

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

98370

What the numbers mean in Poulsbo city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Poulsbo city median would spend about 22.1% 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 6.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.5% of residents and 58.3% of households own their home.

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

Poulsbo city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Poulsbo city is a mid-size town in Washington, with 11,962 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #115 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 82% of them. The median age here is 43.2 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 Poulsbo city earn a median of $95,774 a year, 21.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 6% above the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 9.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Poulsbo city is valued at $574,900, 89.5% above the national figure and 23% above the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,767 a month, 25.7% above the national figure, or roughly $21,204 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.1% 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 6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 58.3% 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 Poulsbo city?: Poulsbo city has 11,962 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #115 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Poulsbo city?: Median household income in Poulsbo city is $95,774 a year, 21.9% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Poulsbo city?: Median gross rent is $1,767 a month and the median home value is $574,900, so rent absorbs about 22.1% of median household income.
Is Poulsbo city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Poulsbo city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Poulsbo 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.