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Arlington, WA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Arlington, WA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 40,815. 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 ARLINGTON-WA · Arlington, WA 1 ZIPs · 40,815 pop · #4512/25278 · Snohomish County

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

  • INC-HIGH $99,681
  • RANK-TOP #4512/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lynnwood
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 78% owners
  • POP-SMALL 40,815
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $601,400

Nearest income peer: Lynnwood, WA (+ $1,296 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 Arlington

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Arlington 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, Arlington, WA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 18%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
40,815
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$99,681
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 $99,681 and home value $601,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 21.8%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Arlington as a pure owner town.

Within Washington, Freeland is the closest lower-income city and Yacolt the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Arlington.

Population concentration

Arlington's single ZIP 98223 carries the town

Arlington is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 98223 is the entire residential footprint (40,815 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Arlington's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,174 establishments, 14,383 employees , annual payroll $862,104k (~29 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 98223 (1,174 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (260) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Arlington, WA

These ZIP codes sit in Snohomish County, which covers 27 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Arlington. See the Snohomish County roll-up →

Arlington sits in the lower half of Snohomish County on income: Bothell, Snohomish and Edmonds report more, and only Everett reports less. Bothell marks the far end of that range at $164,965, 65% above Arlington.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
98223 40,815 $99,681 1,174 49
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Arlington 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 Arlington, .