City safety & data profile
Moses LakeWA
Moses Lake, WA is a 22K-resident city in Grant County with a median household income of $74,752.
Grant County, Washington. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Moses Lake, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Moses Lake has a population larger than 49% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $310,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 22K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 50%
- By size
- $74,752
- Median income (place)
- $310,000
- Median home (place)
- 15.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Moses Lake
Moses Lake posts a median household income higher than 43% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Moses Lake area.
- Bottom 44%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Moses Lake
Composite score · Moses Lake, WA
36/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Moses Lake in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Moses Lake income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$74,752 Bottom 43% higher than 43% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in WA
109 WA places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.
- Seattle
Seattle, WA
780,995 residents
- Spokane 229,447
Spokane, WA
229,447 residents
- Tacoma 222,906
Tacoma, WA
222,906 residents
- Vancouver 196,442
Vancouver, WA
196,442 residents
- Bellevue 139,820
Bellevue, WA
139,820 residents
- Kent 126,952
Kent, WA
126,952 residents
- Everett 108,010
Everett, WA
108,010 residents
- Renton 100,242
Renton, WA
100,242 residents
- Federal Way 95,171
Federal Way, WA
95,171 residents
- Spokane Valley 94,919
Spokane Valley, WA
94,919 residents
What this shows Seattle is the largest WA city on this list; Sammamish leads median income.
WA cities ranked by median household income
The same 109-city WA pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.
- Sammamish
Sammamish, WA
$239,690 median
- Mercer Island
Mercer Island, WA
$219,069 median
- Snoqualmie
Snoqualmie, WA
$214,107 median
- Cottage Lake
Cottage Lake, WA
$213,106 median
- Mill Creek East
Mill Creek East, WA
$192,937 median
- Maltby
Maltby, WA
$185,457 median
- Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA
$185,369 median
- Bainbridge Island
Bainbridge Island, WA
$172,188 median
- Bellevue
Bellevue, WA
$165,576 median
- Woodinville
Woodinville, WA
$164,398 median
What this shows Sammamish posts the highest place-level median income in WA; Seattle is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Moses Lake, WA beyond the headline numbers
Moses Lake sits inside Grant County, Washington, at roughly 47.13°N, -119.28°W. Population 22,082, $74,752 median household income. Median home value $310,000, median rent $1,216. Poverty rate 15.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Moses Lake, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 50.9°F annual average, 8" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 18.5% in Moses Lake, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Moses Lake's median age is 32.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Only 7.1% of Moses Lake workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
Poverty in Moses Lake, WA stands at 15.8%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
21.4% of Moses Lake adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Public transit carries 0% of Moses Lake workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Median rent in Moses Lake, WA runs $1,216/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Unemployment in Moses Lake sits at 4.6%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
A median home in Moses Lake runs about 4.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Moses Lake from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Grant County): Moses Lake's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Money & Work
What stands out most about Moses Lake's economic profile: poverty rate at 15.8%, 27% above the average across tracked places. Median rent also diverges: $1,216/mo, 21% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 15.8% +27% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.6% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 21.4% |
| Work From Home | 7.1% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
Headcount
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospital Access 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsFlood Claims on Record
FEMA NFIP, county-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $72K across 5 flood insurance claims filed in Grant County.
The NFIP record does not attribute most of this county's claims to one named flood event.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Moses Lake?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Moses Lake right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet WA-MOSES-LAKE · Moses Lake
Moses Lake: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Moses Lake; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Washington state hubs · Methodology
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Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Moses Lake, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WA (15.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WA ($74,752 here).
Compare Moses Lake with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Places 8
Using Moses Lake's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Moses Lake area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Moses Lake against Washington peers on any ranking lens. Explore Washington
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Grant County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.