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Anacortes, WA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Anacortes, WA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 20,429. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ANACORTES-WA · Anacortes, WA 1 ZIPs · 20,429 pop · #5029/25278 · Skagit County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-HIGH $96,528
  • RANK-TOP #5029/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ La Conner
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-TOWN 20,429
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $713,100

Nearest income peer: La Conner, WA ( $2,103 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Anacortes

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Anacortes on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Anacortes, WA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 20%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
20,429
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$96,528
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $96,528 and home value $713,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 47.0%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Anacortes as a pure owner town.

Within Washington, Richland is the closest lower-income city and Sultan the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Anacortes.

Population concentration

Anacortes reads through its lone ZIP, 98221

20,429 ACS residents, one ZIP: 98221 is not the leading code inside Anacortes, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Anacortes's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 742 establishments, 8,205 employees , annual payroll $545,455k (~36 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 98221 (742 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (93) · also Other services (except public administration) · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Anacortes, WA

These ZIP codes sit in Skagit County, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Anacortes. See the Skagit County roll-up →

Anacortes sits in the upper half of Skagit County on income: Mount Vernon, Sedro Woolley and Burlington report less, while Bow and Lyman report more. Lyman marks the far end of that range at $133,750, 39% above Anacortes.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
98221 20,429 $96,528 742 149
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Anacortes roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Anacortes, .