Forks, WA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Forks, WA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,261. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet FORKS-WA · Forks, WA 1 ZIPs · 6,261 pop · #16784/25278 · Clallam County
INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $62,135
- RANK-LOWER #16784/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Sekiu
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-LOW 64% owners
- POP-TOWN 6,261
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $230,500
Nearest income peer: Sekiu, WA ( $3,564 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 Forks
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Forks on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Clallam Bay · lowest
Clallam Bay · lowest
$46,500 median HH income
- La Push · near
La Push · near
$51,250 median HH income
- Neah Bay · near
Neah Bay · near
$55,250 median HH income
- Sekiu · near
Sekiu · near
$58,571 median HH income
- Forks · this city
Forks · this city
$62,135 median HH income
- Port Angeles · near
Port Angeles · near
$67,496 median HH income
- Beaver · highest
Beaver · highest
$98,715 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Forks, WA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 34th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 6,261
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $62,135
- 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.
Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $62,135 and poverty 18.8% concentrate in 98331.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (63.5%) for this income tier, rent $872 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Washington, Tahuya is the closest lower-income city and Chewelah the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Forks.
ZIP Codes in Forks, WA
These ZIP codes sit in Clallam County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Forks. See the Clallam County roll-up →
Forks lands mid-pack among the 7 cities sharing Clallam County: Port Angeles, Sequim and Beaver earn more and Neah Bay, Clallam Bay and La Push earn less. Beaver marks the far end of that range at $98,715, 59% above Forks.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98331 | 6,261 | 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 Forks, 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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