Skip to content
ZipNumbers
Grid of numbered green mailboxes in an apartment lobby, illustrating ZIP code listings

Clallam County · Washington

ZIP code 98305

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 98305 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
311

ZCTA residents

Median income
—

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$266,400

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
6.5%

Washington state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 98305 sits in Clallam County, Washington and is home to 311 people. Median household income is —, the median home is worth $266,400 and median gross rent is —. 89.4% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6.5% (Washington state rate).

County
Clallam County

FIPS 53009

State
Washington (WA)

605 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 98305

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
311ZIP 98305 residents
Median household income
—Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$266,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
—Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
40.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
89.4%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 98305 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 98305 is a very small community in Clallam County, Washington, with 311 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #518 of 605 ranked by population — larger than 14% of them. The median age here is 40.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 ZIP 98305 earn a median of not published a year. 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 3.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 98305 is valued at $266,400, 12.2% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 89.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

With 311 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 98305 against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld household income, gross rent for ZIP 98305 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

Reading ZIP 98305 in context

How 98305 sits inside Clallam County and Washington.

ZIP 98305 is tabulated inside Clallam County, Washington, one of 8 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 605 across Washington. This is one of the smallest tabulated ZIP areas in the state, the kind of rural route where a single subdivision or farm cluster accounts for most addresses. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 98305 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 98305 reports a median household income of not published. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $266,400, 3% below the county figure and 37% below the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Washington charges 6.5% statewide, and local governments overlapping 98305 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 98305 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 98305

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
6.5%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$7Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$65Before any exemptions

Washington levies 6.5% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
—Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
—Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$1,382/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
3.5%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 98305 compares

ZIP 98305 against the median ZIP in Clallam County and across Washington.

MeasureZIP 98305County medianState medianvs state
Median household income—$60,227$80,861—
Median home value$266,400$275,400$421,200-37%
Median gross rent—$1,094$1,305—
Population3111,3444,632-93%

Medians are computed across the 8 ZIP areas in Clallam County and the 605 ZIP areas in Washington.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 605 Washington ZIP areas.

Income

Not published

—
Home value

above 21% of 548 state ZIPs

#435
Population

larger than 14% of 605 state ZIPs

#518

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Clallam County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Clallam County, Washington.

ZIP 98305 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 98305?
ZIP 98305 lies mostly in Clallam County, Washington. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 98305?
Washington charges 6.5% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 98305 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth $266,400 — -37% against the typical Washington ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 98305, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.