What is the population of Tenino city?

Tenino city has 1,965 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #317 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Tenino city?

Median household income in Tenino city is $75,438 a year, 3.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,239 a month and the median home value is $333,100, so rent absorbs about 19.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Tenino city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Tenino, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Tenino, Washington (Tenino, WA — Census place “Tenino city”) is 1,965 residents, ranking #317 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $75,438, the median home is worth $333,100 and median gross rent runs $1,239 a month. Looking for the Tenino Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Tenino, WA: 98589.

Population: 1,965Tenino city residents
Median household income: $75,438Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $333,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,239Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65.6%Owner-occupied households

Tenino ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Tenino.

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

98589

What the numbers mean in Tenino city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Tenino city median would spend about 19.7% 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 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.3% of residents and 65.6% of households own their home.

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

Tenino city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Tenino city is a small town in Washington, with 1,965 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #317 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 50% of them. The median age here is 36.3 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 Tenino city earn a median of $75,438 a year, 3.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% below 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 12.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Tenino city is valued at $333,100, 9.8% above the national figure and 29% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,239 a month, 11.9% below the national figure, or roughly $14,868 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.7% 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 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 65.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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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What is the population of Tenino city?: Tenino city has 1,965 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #317 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Tenino city?: Median household income in Tenino city is $75,438 a year, 3.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Tenino city?: Median gross rent is $1,239 a month and the median home value is $333,100, so rent absorbs about 19.7% of median household income.
Is Tenino city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Tenino city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Tenino 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.