Population & age
- Total population
- 220
- Median age
- 57.0
King County · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Population 220
Baring, WA (ZIP 98224) sits in King County within the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: Obesity comes in below the national average at 24.6%. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. 10 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $5,258. BLS QCEW puts average annual pay at $132,279 per worker — about 102% above the US average and a clear high-wage signal. Social vulnerability is low in this ZIP at the 14th percentile (CDC SVI), reflecting strong baseline resilience to public-health emergencies and natural disasters. FEMA has issued 35 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1964 — a high-frequency exposure profile. Annual precipitation averages 109.9" — a wet-climate ZCTA per NOAA's 1991–2020 Normals. Only 5.7% of residents under 65 are uninsured (County Health Rankings, 2025) — well below the national county median. Washington has no state income tax (Tax Foundation 2025). IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 16,160 residents (1,365 households) — the ZIP's primary county is shrinking. Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: median household income $74,432, fair market rent of $2,160 for a two-bedroom, and a typical home value of $491,271, up 1.8% over the past year. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
Studio
$1,800
/month
1 Bed
$1,850
/month
2 Bed
$2,160
/month
3 Bed
$2,850
/month
4 Bed
$3,320
/month
HUD Fair Market Rents represent the 40th percentile of standard-quality rental housing in this area. FY2026 data.
$491,271
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) · as of March 2026
+1.8%
vs. March 2025
+26.3%
vs. March 2021
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Metropolitan statistical area
Source: Zillow Research, ZHVI All Homes (SFR, Condo/Co-op) Time Series (zillow.com/research/data). Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) is copyrighted by Zillow, Inc.
New housing units permitted
10,564
Across 2,967 permitted buildings. Total construction value: $2.71B.
Single-family
2,352
22% of total units
Multifamily (2+ unit)
8,212
78% of total units
Single-family value
$1.15B
construction value
Multifamily value
$1.56B
construction value
Apartment construction (5+ unit buildings) accounts for 67% of new units this year — the area is densifying, not just adding single-family stock.
Based on county-level data (2024).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (census.gov/construction/bps). Public domain. BPS reports annual residential building permits from local permit-issuing jurisdictions, aggregated to county. A permit reflects intent to build, not a completed unit — actual construction lags by 6-24 months for multifamily projects.
Average annual pay
$132,279
Average weekly wage
$2,544
Total employment
1,449,785
Total establishments
82,150
That is roughly 102% above the US national average of $65,470 per worker.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (bls.gov/cew). Public domain. QCEW is derived from state unemployment-insurance filings and covers ~95% of US jobs. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches; small-employer cells are suppressed by BLS to protect employer confidentiality.
Unemployment rate
4.1%
That tracks the US national unemployment rate of about 4.0%.
Labor force
1,372,055
Employed
1,316,450
Unemployed
55,605
Based on King County, WA data (2024).
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (bls.gov/lau). Public domain. LAUS publishes monthly and annual labor-force estimates for every US county. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches.
FTA tracks transit service at the urbanized-area level. Numbers below reflect the agencies and modes serving the area that contains this ZIP, not stop-level coverage.
Service status
Available
Seattle--Tacoma, WA
Reporting agencies
10
Largest: Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
Annual ridership
—
unlinked trips · 2024
Source: U.S. Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database (transit.dot.gov). Public domain.
Federally Declared Disasters
35
Date Range
1964–2026
Most Recent Declaration
SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES
Flood — declared April 7, 2026 (DR-4906)
Incident period: December 5, 2025 – December 19, 2025
Top Incident Types
Individual Assistance
18
Direct help to disaster survivors
Households Program
6
Housing & temporary lodging support
Public Assistance
33
Repair of public facilities & roads
Hazard Mitigation
14
Funding to reduce future disaster risk
FEMA declares disasters at the county level; counts here include every federally declared disaster touching any county that overlaps this ZIP. Statewide declarations and pre-1964 records without county granularity are excluded. Program flags reflect which FEMA assistance categories were activated (Individual Assistance, Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation). Source: fema.gov/openfema. Public domain.
30-year averages (1991-2020) from the nearest GHCN-D weather station. Temperature and precipitation values reflect typical annual conditions, not any single year.
Avg. temperature
49.7°F
40.7° – 58.8°
Annual precipitation
109.9"
Annual snowfall
44.3"
Heating · cooling days
5,697.2 · 148.9
Annual base 65°F
Nearest station: BARING, WA US, 4.8 miles from the centroid of Baring, WA (ZIP 98224)
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals (ncei.noaa.gov). Public domain.
Median daily AQI
41
GoodPeak AQI (2024)
119
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Primary pollutant
PM2.5
236 days as main pollutant
Days measured
366
Based on King County data (2024).
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System (epa.gov). Public domain. Only counties with EPA AQS monitoring stations appear here (~30% of US counties); rural ZIPs whose primary county has no monitor will not show this section.
Years of potential life lost (per 100K)
5,529
That is roughly 2,671 years per 100,000 below the national county median (~8,200).
Premature death is the headline composite outcome CHR reports — age-adjusted, all-cause, before age 75.
Fair or poor health
12%
of adults self-report
Poor physical health days
3.5
avg per adult per month
Poor mental health days
5.0
avg per adult per month
Uninsured
5.7%
of residents under 65
Primary care MDs
119
per 100,000 residents
Preventable hospital stays
1,706
per 100K Medicare enrollees
Food environment (0-10)
9.1
10 = best access & security
Exercise access
98%
residents near a facility
Flu vaccinated
55%
of Medicare enrollees
Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 7.0% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.
Based on King data (2025 CHR release).
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (countyhealthrankings.org). Annual release. Underlying source datasets vary by measure (CDC BRFSS, NCHS Vital Statistics, AHA, USDA Food Environment Atlas, and others). Figures are county-level and assigned to every ZIP whose primary county matches.
Food access status
Moderate food access challenges
16.7% of King County, WA residents live more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket.
Grocery stores
0.22
per 1,000 residents
Supercenters & clubs
0.02
per 1,000 residents
SNAP-authorized stores
0.54
accepting food benefits
Fast-food restaurants
0.76
per 1,000 residents
Among low-income residents, 2.5% are low-access — those without a supermarket within 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural).
Per-1,000 figures show how many of each store type exist in King County, WA for every 1,000 residents. Higher grocery and supercenter density usually means easier access to fresh food; higher convenience-store-only density (with low grocery rate) often signals a food swamp.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Environment Atlas (ers.usda.gov). County-level metrics fanned to ZIP via the primary county in the Census ZCTA-county relationship file. Variable years differ per family (stores ~2020, low-access ~2019).
FBI publishes crime data at the county level. Numbers below cover the primary county that contains this ZIP. Rates are per 100,000 residents in the area covered by reporting agencies.
Violent crime rate
—
per 100K residents · 490 reports
Property crime rate
—
per 100K residents · 3,374 reports
Homicide
14
Robbery
135
Burglary
567
Vehicle theft
981
County-level data for King (2024)
Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (cde.ucr.cjis.gov). Public domain. Coverage varies by reporting agency; areas with partial agency coverage may understate true crime totals.
Net migration (2022-2023)
▼−16,160 people
−1,365 households • −$2.4B net AGI flow
Moved in
72,483households
101,466 people • $7.3B AGI
Moved out
73,848households
117,626 people • $9.7B AGI
Where new residents came from
Where departing residents went
Incoming households reported an average AGI of $100,923 versus departing households' $131,496.
Source: U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, Migration Data (irs.gov). Public domain. Migration is measured by year-over-year changes in the address on individual tax returns; figures are county-level totals attributed to ZIPs whose primary county matches. Foreign migration contributes to inflow/outflow totals but does not appear in the top-county lists. Small flows are suppressed by IRS to protect taxpayer confidentiality.
State-level rules that apply to every resident of ZIP 98224. Numbers reflect the most recent published year per source.
Income tax
None
No state income tax
Sales tax (combined)
9.51%
State 6.50% · avg local 3.01%
Property tax (effective)
0.82%
Median $2,299/year
Tax burden rank
31 of 50
10.60% of personal income
For ZIP 98224: Applied to this ZIP's typical home value of $491,271, that works out to roughly $4,018/year in property tax.
Program
Paid Family & Medical Leave
Mandatory (state-run insurance)
Max weeks/year
18
Parental
12wk
Max weekly benefit
$1,647
Replacement: 90% AWW up to 0.5x SAWW + 50% above · job protection
SNAP eligibility
200% FPL
Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (raises gross income limit above federal 130% floor). No asset test.
Sources: Tax Foundation (state tax rates & brackets), Bipartisan Policy Center (paid family leave), USDA FNS (SNAP categorical eligibility).
Nearby ZIPs by distance
98256 (Index, 9.7 mi) · 98294 (Startup, 12.1 mi) · 98251 (Gold Bar, 12.8 mi) · 98014 (Lake Marcel-Stillwater, 13.2 mi) · 98288 (Skykomish, 13.3 mi) · 98065 (Snoqualmie, 13.6 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
All data on this page is sourced from federal government datasets · Not AI-generated · Methodology
Crude prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES, derived from BRFSS small-area modeling. Population-level figures only.
24.6%
8.4pp below the 33.0% national rate.
35.2%
3.2pp above the 32.0% national rate.
25.2%
3.2pp above the 22.0% national rate.
74.8%
Tracks close to the 76.0% national rate.
5.2%
7.8pp below the 13.0% national rate.
9.1%
Tracks close to the 11.0% national rate.
Colleges in this area
10
Median in-state tuition
$5,258
Median earnings (10 yr)
$45,378
Bellingham, WA · 98225
Everett, WA · 98201
Mount Vernon, WA · 98273
Bellingham, WA · 98226
Bellingham, WA · 98225
Everett, WA · 98208
Bellingham, WA · 98226
Bellingham, WA · 98226
Marysville, WA · 98271
Oak Harbor, WA · 98278
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (collegescorecard.ed.gov). Public domain data. Earnings figures reflect median earnings 10 years after entry for federally-aided students.
Baring, WA (ZIP 98224) sits in King County within the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: Obesity comes in below the national average at 24.6%. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. 10 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $5,258. BLS QCEW puts average annual pay at $132,279 per worker — about 102% above the US average and a clear high-wage signal. Social vulnerability is low in this ZIP at the 14th percentile (CDC SVI), reflecting strong baseline resilience to public-health emergencies and natural disasters. FEMA has issued 35 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1964 — a high-frequency exposure profile. Annual precipitation averages 109.9" — a wet-climate ZCTA per NOAA's 1991–2020 Normals. Only 5.7% of residents under 65 are uninsured (County Health Rankings, 2025) — well below the national county median. Washington has no state income tax (Tax Foundation 2025). IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 16,160 residents (1,365 households) — the ZIP's primary county is shrinking. Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: median household income $74,432, fair market rent of $2,160 for a two-bedroom, and a typical home value of $491,271, up 1.8% over the past year. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
The two domains pull in different directions. Healthcare access reads strong, but the on-paper school count is on the lighter side — that’s less a quality signal and more a density one. Households here often look at districts a few ZIPs over for school choice while keeping their providers local.
One concrete reading worth keeping: Depression prevalence sits higher the national rate at 25.2%. Each figure on this page links to the original federal dataset with its retrieval date — this synthesis is a reading, not a substitute for the underlying records.
24.6%, which is 8.4 percentage points below the national average of 33.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
25.2%, which is 3.2 percentage points above the national average of 22.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
35.2%, which is 3.2 percentage points above the national average of 32.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
220 people live in ZIP 98224, with a median age of 57.0 (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
$74,432 per year (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
In ZIP 98224, 90.1% of occupied housing units are owner-occupied and 9.9% are renter-occupied (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
In ZIP 98224, 14.3% of workers work from home. Public transit is used by 0.0% of commuters (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
10.0% of the population in ZIP 98224 lives below the federal poverty line (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
74.8% of households in ZIP 98224 have broadband internet access (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
The typical home value in ZIP 98224 is $491,271, up 1.8% from a year ago (Zillow Home Value Index, retrieved May 1, 2026).
Home values are up 1.8% over the past year and up 26.3% over the past five years (Zillow Home Value Index, retrieved May 1, 2026).
According to the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (2022), ZIP 98224 ranks in the 14th percentile nationally for social vulnerability — a low vulnerability profile (retrieved May 3, 2026).
Socioeconomic Status is the highest-scoring CDC SVI theme for ZIP 98224, ranking in the 26th percentile nationally (CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022, retrieved May 3, 2026).
FEMA has recorded 35 federal disaster declarations affecting ZIP 98224 between 1964–2026 (FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations, retrieved May 3, 2026).
Flood is the most common federally declared disaster type affecting ZIP 98224, accounting for 17 of 35 declarations (49%, FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
The most recent FEMA disaster declaration affecting ZIP 98224 was "SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES" — a flood declared in 2026 (DR-4906) (FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
10 colleges and universities are listed near ZIP 98224 by the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, including Western Washington University, Everett Community College, and Skagit Valley College (retrieved May 2, 2026).
Median in-state tuition across 10 nearby institutions is $5,258 (College Scorecard, retrieved May 2, 2026).
Graduates of nearby colleges earn a median of $45,378 ten years after entry (College Scorecard, retrieved May 2, 2026).
ZIP 98224 has an average annual temperature of 49.7°F and 109.9" of annual precipitation based on the BARING, WA US weather station 4.8 miles from the ZIP centroid (NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, retrieved May 8, 2026).
Yes — ZIP 98224 is part of the Seattle--Tacoma, WA urbanized area, primarily served by Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (National Transit Database 2024, retrieved May 4, 2026).
Washington has no state income tax. The combined state and local sales tax rate is 9.51% (Tax Foundation 2025).
Washington runs an active paid family leave program (Paid Family & Medical Leave) offering up to 18 weeks of paid leave per year, with a maximum weekly benefit of $1,647 (Bipartisan Policy Center 2026).
This page covers health outcomes from CDC PLACES (33 metrics), demographics from the Census ACS 5-Year (2022), home values from the Zillow Home Value Index, colleges from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (10 institutions), social vulnerability scores from the CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022), federal disaster declarations from FEMA OpenFEMA (35 on record), climate normals from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020), county-level crime data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer (2024), public transit coverage from the National Transit Database (2024), and state-level tax rates from the Tax Foundation. Data is refreshed on Mubboo's standard schedule.
Health data retrieved Apr 24, 2026 from CDC PLACES. Demographics retrieved Apr 30, 2026 from Census ACS 5-Year (2022). Home values retrieved May 1, 2026 from Zillow Research. College data retrieved May 2, 2026 from U.S. Dept of Education College Scorecard. Social vulnerability scores retrieved May 3, 2026 from CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022). Federal disaster declarations retrieved May 3, 2026 from FEMA OpenFEMA (35 on record). Climate normals retrieved May 8, 2026 from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020). County-level crime data retrieved May 4, 2026 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer (2024). Transit coverage retrieved May 4, 2026 from the National Transit Database (2024). State-level tax rates retrieved 2026-05-05 15:58:22.284+00 from the Tax Foundation.
Nearby ZIPs by distance
98256 (Index, 9.7 mi) · 98294 (Startup, 12.1 mi) · 98251 (Gold Bar, 12.8 mi) · 98014 (Lake Marcel-Stillwater, 13.2 mi) · 98288 (Skykomish, 13.3 mi) · 98065 (Snoqualmie, 13.6 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
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Data refreshed via Mubboo's ETL pipeline; oldest source on this page retrieved Apr 24, 2026.
Social Vulnerability Index
Overall SVI
14th percentile
Low Vulnerability
Based on 1 census tract, population 306
Vulnerability Themes
Households Without Vehicle
2
Limited English Speakers
1
Persons with Disability
45
Without HS Diploma
10
Without Health Insurance
9
Adults Age 65+
60
The Social Vulnerability Index uses U.S. Census data to identify communities most at risk during public health emergencies and natural disasters. Higher percentiles indicate greater vulnerability. Tract-level scores are aggregated to this ZCTA via Census 2020 ZCTA→Tract crosswalk, weighted by land-area share. Source: atsdr.cdc.gov. Public domain.