Gig Harbor, WA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gig Harbor, WA: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 51,325. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet GIG-HARBOR-WA · Gig Harbor, WA 3 ZIPs · 51,325 pop · #1848/25278 · Pierce County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-HIGH
- INC-TOP $124,746
- RANK-TOP #1848/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Orting
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 83% owners
- POP-SMALL 51,325
- SPREAD-TIGHT 98329→98332
- HOME-HIGH $686,000
Nearest income peer: Orting, WA (+ $1,096 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 Gig Harbor
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Gig Harbor on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Lakewood · lowest
Lakewood · lowest
$69,822 median HH income
- Graham · near
Graham · near
$114,819 median HH income
- Gig Harbor · this city
Gig Harbor · this city
$124,746 median HH income
- Orting · near
Orting · near
$125,842 median HH income
- Buckley · near
Buckley · near
$127,411 median HH income
- Bonney Lake · highest
Bonney Lake · highest
$135,037 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, Gig Harbor, WA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 7%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 51,325
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $124,746
- 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 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $124,746 and home value $686,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 45.6%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Gig Harbor as a pure owner town.
Within Washington, Lake Stevens is the closest lower-income city and Seabeck the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Gig Harbor.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Gig Harbor differ
Housing values create the stronger within-city contrast here. ZIP 98329 has a median home value of $518,700, compared with $791,100 in 98335. Use the city average for a broad profile, then compare these ZIP pages when a housing decision depends on the local market.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.2×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.5×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 1.4 points
98329 to 98332
98329 to 98335
98335 to 98329
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 98335 skews compact Gig Harbor
In this 3-ZIP cluster, 98335 covers about 49% of Gig Harbor's 51,325 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Gig Harbor
Citywide ZBP: 1,840 establishments, 14,979 employees , annual payroll $813,650k (~36 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 98335 (1,159 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (254) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .
ZIP Codes in Gig Harbor, WA
These ZIP codes sit in Pierce County, which covers 57 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Gig Harbor. See the Pierce County roll-up →
Gig Harbor 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, 44% below Gig Harbor.
Side-by-side: Compare 98335 vs 98332 →
Gig Harbor 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 Gig Harbor, .