City safety & data profile

Union Hill-Novelty HillWA

Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA is a 19K-resident city in King County with a median household income of $185,369.

King County, Washington. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Union Hill-Novelty Hill, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Union Hill-Novelty Hill has a population larger than 40% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $1,218,500.

Data updated 2026-09-03

19K
Population (place)
Bottom 41%
By size
$185,369
Median income (place)
$1,218,500
Median home (place)
5.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Union Hill-Novelty Hill

Union Hill-Novelty Hill posts a median household income higher than 97% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 3%
by median income, US cities

Where Union Hill-Novelty Hill income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$185,369 Top 3% higher than 97% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Union Hill-Novelty Hill $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-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

Population among 109 WA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Seattle is the largest WA city on this list; Sammamish leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in WA

Median household income among the same 109-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Sammamish posts the highest place-level median income in WA; Seattle is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA beyond the headline numbers

Union Hill-Novelty Hill sits inside King County, Washington, at roughly 47.68°N, -122.03°W. Population 18,805, $185,369 median household income. Median home value $1,218,500, median rent $2,556. Poverty rate 5.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 5.7% of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Union Hill-Novelty Hill costs around 6.6 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

44.7% of Union Hill-Novelty Hill workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 26.5% in Union Hill-Novelty Hill, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

At 43.9 years, Union Hill-Novelty Hill's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Union Hill-Novelty Hill 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.

Population (place)
18,805
Union Hill-Novelty Hill · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$185,369
+107% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$1,218,500
+195% vs avg
Median Age (place)
43.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (King County): Union Hill-Novelty Hill'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.

20132024
Population
2.3M+16%
Median Income
$124,746+74%
Median Home Value
$859,900+128%
Poverty Rate
8.6%-25%
Unemployment
4.8%-38%

Economics

Economics indicators for Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,556/mo
Poverty Rate
5.7% -54% vs avg
Unemployment 5.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 71.7%
Work From Home 44.7%
Public Transit 2%

Population

White 57.5%
African American 2.3%
Asian 29.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
29.5%
Short Sleep Duration
26.5%
Obesity
20.4%
Binge Drinking
14.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
11.7%
Physical Inactivity
11.7%
Current Asthma
9.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.1%
Diabetes
7.6%
Current Smoking
5.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 77.3%
Annual Checkup 74.8%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
4.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
4.2%
Stroke
2.4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Union Hill-Novelty Hill?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Union Hill-Novelty Hill right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet WA-UNION-HILL-NOVELTY-HI · Union Hill-Novelty Hill

Union Hill-Novelty Hill: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA? ▼
Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA has a population of 18,805 people, located in King County, Washington.
What is the median household income in Union Hill-Novelty Hill? ▼
The median household income in Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA is $185,369 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5.7%.
What is the median home value in Union Hill-Novelty Hill? ▼
The median home value in Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA is $1,218,500. Median rent is $2,556/month.
What are the top health concerns in Union Hill-Novelty Hill? ▼
The top health indicators in Union Hill-Novelty Hill include High Blood Pressure (29.5%), Short Sleep Duration (26.5%), Obesity (20.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Union Hill-Novelty Hill? ▼
The median age in Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA is 43.9 years. 71.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Union Hill-Novelty Hill, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WA (5.7% here).

McKinney, TX 5.7% Cary, NC 5.7% Lee's Summit, MO 5.7% Schaumburg, IL 5.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WA ($185,369 here).

Leawood, KS $185,625 Merrick, NY $185,740 Burke, VA $185,818 Highland, UT $186,075

Compare Union Hill-Novelty Hill with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Sammamish, WA 52K City of Sammamish, WA 46K Cottage Lake, WA 22K Redmond, WA 61K Klahanie, WA 11K West Lake Sammamish, WA 34K Issaquah, WA 36K Maltby, WA 11K
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Using Union Hill-Novelty Hill's profile

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

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 (King 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.