Shaw Island, WA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Shaw Island, WA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 240. 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 SHAW-ISLAND-WA · Shaw Island, WA 1 ZIPs · 240 pop · #11412/25278 · San Juan County

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

  • INC-MID $74,250
  • RANK-MID #11412/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Olga
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 240
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $675,000

Nearest income peer: Olga, WA ( $3,833 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 Shaw Island

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Shaw Island 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, Shaw Island, WA sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 45%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
240
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$74,250
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 98286 (240 residents). Household income $74,250 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Shaw Island as a pure owner town.

Within Washington, Sequim is the closest lower-income city and Moses Lake the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Shaw Island.

Population concentration

Shaw Island reads through its lone ZIP, 98286

240 ACS residents, one ZIP: 98286 is not the leading code inside Shaw Island, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Shaw Island's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 8 establishments, 32 employees , annual payroll $1,503k (~33 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 98286 (8 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Shaw Island, WA

These ZIP codes sit in San Juan County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Shaw Island. See the San Juan County roll-up →

Shaw Island sits in the lower half of San Juan County on income: Friday Harbor, Eastsound and Lopez Island report more, Olga and Waldron report less. Deer Harbor marks the far end of that range at $139,167, 87% above Shaw Island.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
98286 240 $74,250 8 12

Shaw Island 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 Shaw Island, .