98275Mukilteo, Washington

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 98275.

59out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 45% of 5,298 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity3135th of 6,210 published ZIP areas55
Growth3118th of 5,428 published ZIP areas46
Housing affordability4785th of 6,685 published ZIP areas65
ClimateTop 36% of 6,789 published ZIP areas74
Physical resilience4392nd of 6,709 published ZIP areas45
Access4951st of 6,791 published ZIP areas84
Economic stabilityTop 13% of 6,742 published ZIP areas79
The quick read

Unemployment is 5.0% and median household income $132,861, putting employment conditions in the middle range of published ZIP profiles.

21 housing units were authorized over the past twelve months, within 11% of the prior year — steady rather than turning.

Rent takes 20% of median household income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 6.7 times that income.

At a glance

Population
21,323
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$132,861
Top 6% nationally
Density
2,921/sq mi
7.3 sq mi of land
Median age
42.8
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Mukilteo
Washington
Metro area
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Nearest major airport
BFI
26 mi · Boeing Fld/King County Intl
Median home value
$884,900
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 5.0% is lower than 28% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 1.5% over the past year, to 432,289 employed residents.

56% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 91% of measured US ZIP areas.

Household income is higher than at least 94% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$17,962$132,861Top 6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,250$66,677Top 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate5.7%Bottom 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute28.5 minTop 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher56.3%Top 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment432,289Top 13%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-0.1%Bottom 48%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-1.5%Bottom 34%June 2026
Labor force455,204Top 13%June 2026
Labor force participation68.4%Top 20%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$91,790Top 6%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$72,610Top 4%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.3%Top 40%June 2026
Unemployment rate5.0%Top 28%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024133k110k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $132,861 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Software Developers92,770$167,280
Home Health and Personal Care Aides54,670$48,210
Fast Food and Counter Workers49,190$39,150
Retail Salespersons46,620$42,080
Registered Nurses39,900$128,260
Business Operations Specialists, All Other38,800$101,920

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Mukilteo, WA, the city containing this ZIP code.

There are 20.0 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
7
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
20.0
across all schools here
Math proficiency
Reading proficiency
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Kamiak High SchoolMukilteo School District2,38424.8
Olympic View Middle SchoolMukilteo School District85119.8
Harbour Pointe Middle SchoolMukilteo School District80319.1
Columbia ElementaryMukilteo School District59615.7
Mukilteo ElementaryMukilteo School District52115.8
Endeavour ElementaryMukilteo School District43615.6
ECEAPMukilteo School District118

37.0% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Washington’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $2,166 takes 20% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 6.7 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
19.6%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
6.7×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$2,166
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$884,900
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income6.66Top 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate70.6%Bottom 31%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4998,752Top 19%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$144$2,166Top 6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$37,124$884,900Top 3%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income19.6%Top 38%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate4.4%Bottom 20%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
46/ 100
Ranks 3118 of 5,428 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

At 1.0 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
21
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
1.0
Bottom 25% nationally
Year over year
+11%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
47.6%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Mukilteo, WA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 72°F and January a low of 37°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 33.4 inches.

30°50°70°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station EVERETT SNOHOMISH AP, 1.4 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND5.0"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation33.4"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low37°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high72°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing24°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

45 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are earthquake, heat wave and avalanche.

EarthquakeHigh
Heat waveModerate
Volcanic activityModerate
AvalancheModerate

Low or minimal exposure: landslide, ice storm, inland flooding, winter weather, lightning, coastal flooding, cold wave, wildfire, tornado, hail, drought, strong wind, tsunami.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Snohomish County records 1.5 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, lower than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 10.2 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 27.9 per 100,000 residents in Snohomish County.

Homicide
1.5
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
10.2
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
27.9
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
18.0
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Snohomish County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 98275 rather than 98275 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 26 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Boeing Fld/King County IntlBFI26 mi10,007 ft
Seattle-Tacoma IntlSEA32 mi11,901 ft
Grant County IntlMWH148 mi13,503 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

98275 vs Mukilteo

How this ZIP area compares with Mukilteo as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

98275
Mukilteo
Median household income
$132,861
vs
$132,861
Per capita income
$66,677
vs
$66,677
Population density
2,921/sq mi
vs
3,412/sq mi
Median home value
$884,900
vs
$884,900
Median gross rent
$2,166
vs
$2,166
Homeownership rate
70.6%
vs
70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher
56.3%
vs
56.3%
Poverty rate
5.7%
vs
5.7%
Median age
42.8
vs
42.8

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.