Curtis, WA · standard
ZIP Code 98538
Lewis County, Washington - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 304
- 1/sq mi
- $105,000
- Median income
- $482,100
- Median home value
- 9.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
The verdict
Curtis pairs an upper-quartile household income with upper-quartile home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 16%
- household income, US ZIPs
- Top 14%
- home value, US ZIPs
- 1
- people per sq mi
- 85%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 98538 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 98538 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Curtis, Lewis County, Washington, home to just 304 residents across 276.4 square miles, a density of 1 people per square mile, in the Los Angeles time zone.
ZIP 98538 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $105,000 (16% above the Washington average), while per-capita income is $56,343. Poverty here runs at 10.2%, with unemployment measured at 2.3%. Housing costs here run $482,100 for a typical home value (6% below the state average), with rent averaging - a month; 84.9% of homes are owner-occupied.
Formal educational attainment runs low here: just 9.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 41.2, and the average commute is 22 minutes. A geography-based comparison follows: 2 ZIP codes within about 10 miles of 98538, plus 6 more within Lewis County, give a clearer read than the national average alone.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 98538, Curtis, WA · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
304
Population
276.4
Area (sq mi)
1
People / sq mi
Los Angeles
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 98538?
41.2
Median Age
59.8%
Male
40.2%
Female
0.9%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$105,000
Median Household Income
+16% vs state
$56,343
Per Capita Income
10.2%
Poverty Rate
2.3%
Unemployment Rate
22.2 min
Mean Commute Time
How ZIP 98538 ranks nationally
Curtis, WA household income vs. every US ZIP code
Median household income, the full national distribution, with this ZIP marked
$105,000 Top 16% higher than 84% of 30,318 US ZIPs
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2019–2023
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
187
Total Housing Units
166
Occupied Units
21
Vacant Units
2.77
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$482,100
Median Home Value
-6% vs state
1959
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 4 business establishments in ZIP 98538, employing approximately 20 people with a combined annual payroll of $1,530,000.
4
Businesses
20
Employees
$1.5M
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nearby ZIP Codes
Want a side-by-side? Compare 98538 vs 98581 →
ZIP 98538 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 98593
Vader (98593)
1,113 residents
- 98581 424
Ryderwood (98581)
424 residents
- 98538 304
Curtis (98538)
304 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 98538 ranks #3 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 98538 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 98538
Curtis (98538)
$105,000 median income
- 98593
Vader (98593)
$84,244 median income
- 98581
Ryderwood (98581)
$43,009 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 98538 ranks the highest of 3 neighboring ZIPs, local affluence varies block to block, not just metro to metro.
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