
Washington · Census place 76160
Warden, WA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Warden, Washington (Warden, WA — Census place “Warden city”) is 2,531 residents, ranking #286 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $52,344, the median home is worth $171,900 and median gross rent runs $819 a month. Looking for the Warden Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Warden, WA: 98857.
- Population
- 2,531Warden city residents
- Median household income
- $52,344Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $171,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $819Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 31.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 69%Owner-occupied households
Warden ZIP codes (Washington)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Warden.
The Warden 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 Warden city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Warden city median would spend about 18.8% 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 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19% of residents and 69% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Warden city, WA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Warden city is a small town in Washington, with 2,531 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #286 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 55% of them. The median age here is 31.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Warden city earn a median of $52,344 a year, 33.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 42% 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 19% 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 Warden city is valued at $171,900, 43.3% below the national figure and 63% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $819 a month, 41.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,828 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.8% 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 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 69% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Warden city?
- Warden city has 2,531 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #286 of 639 in Washington.
- What is the median household income in Warden city?
- Median household income in Warden city is $52,344 a year, 33.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Warden city?
- Median gross rent is $819 a month and the median home value is $171,900, so rent absorbs about 18.8% of median household income.
- Is Warden city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Warden city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Warden 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.