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Buckley, WA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Buckley, WA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 15,152. 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 BUCKLEY-WA · Buckley, WA 1 ZIPs · 15,152 pop · #1695/25278 · Pierce County

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

  • INC-TOP $127,411
  • RANK-TOP #1695/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Orting
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 91% owners
  • POP-TOWN 15,152
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $571,200

Nearest income peer: Orting, WA ( $1,569 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 Buckley

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Buckley 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, Buckley, WA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 7%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
15,152
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$127,411
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 $127,411 and home value $571,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 22.1%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (90.7%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Buckley's single ZIP 98321 carries the town

Buckley is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 98321 is the entire residential footprint (15,152 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Buckley's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 329 establishments, 1,741 employees , annual payroll $95,859k (~22 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 98321 (329 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (88) · also Real estate and rental and leasing · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Buckley, WA

These ZIP codes sit in Pierce County, which covers 57 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Buckley. See the Pierce County roll-up →

Buckley sits in the upper half of Pierce County on income: Tacoma, Puyallup and Lakewood report less, while Bonney Lake reports more. Lakewood marks the far end of that range at $69,822, 45% below Buckley.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
98321 15,152 $127,411 329 163
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Buckley 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 Buckley, .