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Maple Falls, WA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Maple Falls, WA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,642. 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 MAPLE-FALLS-WA · Maple Falls, WA 1 ZIPs · 3,642 pop · #21339/25278 · Whatcom County

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

  • INC-MID $51,361
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21339/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Deming
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,642
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $421,200

Nearest income peer: Deming, WA (+ $15,798 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 Maple Falls

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Maple Falls 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, Maple Falls, WA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

16th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,642
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$51,361
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($51,361 average) · poverty 16.5%. The primary code (98266) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Maple Falls as a pure owner town.

Within Washington, La Push is the closest lower-income city and Taholah the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Maple Falls.

Population concentration

Maple Falls reads through its lone ZIP, 98266

3,642 ACS residents, one ZIP: 98266 is not the leading code inside Maple Falls, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Maple Falls

Citywide ZBP: 44 establishments, 328 employees , annual payroll $11,570k (~12 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 98266 (44 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (18) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Maple Falls, WA

These ZIP codes sit in Whatcom County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Maple Falls. See the Whatcom County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Whatcom County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Maple Falls, Bellingham, Ferndale and Lynden among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Custer marks the far end of that range at $110,116, 114% above Maple Falls.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
98266 3,642 $51,361 44 59
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Maple Falls 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 Maple Falls, .