Carson, WA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Carson, WA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,871. 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 CARSON-WA · Carson, WA 1 ZIPs · 2,871 pop · #12076/25278 · Skamania County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-MID $72,773
  • RANK-MID #12076/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Underwood
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,871
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $501,600

Nearest income peer: Underwood, WA (+ $17,227 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 Carson

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Carson 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 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Carson, WA sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 48%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,871
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$72,773
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 98610 (2,871 residents). Household income $72,773 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Carson as a pure owner town.

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

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ZIP Codes in Carson, WA

These ZIP codes sit in Skamania County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Carson. See the Skamania County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Skamania County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Carson, Stevenson, Underwood and North Bonneville among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. North Bonneville marks the far end of that range at $100,417, 38% above Carson.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
98610 2,871 3 America/Los_Angeles

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Carson, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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