Thornton, WA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Thornton, WA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 145. 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 THORNTON-WA · Thornton, WA 1 ZIPs · 145 pop · #1674/25278 · Whitman County

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

  • INC-TOP $128,000
  • RANK-TOP #1674/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Colton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 145
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $283,300

Nearest income peer: Colton, WA ( $23,357 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 Thornton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Thornton 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, Thornton, WA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 7%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
145
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$128,000
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 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $128,000 and home value $283,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 17.7%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Thornton as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Thornton reads through its lone ZIP, 99176

145 ACS residents, one ZIP: 99176 is not the leading code inside Thornton, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Thornton's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 15 employees , annual payroll $1,043k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 99176 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Thornton, WA

These ZIP codes sit in Whitman County, which covers 21 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Thornton. See the Whitman County roll-up →

No other city sharing Whitman County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Thornton. Pullman, Colfax and Palouse sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Lacrosse marks the far end of that range at $38,214, 70% below Thornton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
99176 145 $128,000 3 2

Thornton 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 Thornton, .