City safety & data profile
VancouverWA
Vancouver, WA is a 196K-resident city in Clark County with a median household income of $81,338.
Clark County, Washington. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Vancouver, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Vancouver has a population larger than 97% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $462,400, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 196K
- Population (place)
- Top 3%
- By size
- $81,338
- Median income (place)
- $462,400
- Median home (place)
- 10.2%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Vancouver
Vancouver posts a median household income higher than 51% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Vancouver area.
- Top 49%
- by median income, US cities
- 3
- hospitals in & near Vancouver
Composite score · Vancouver, WA
51/100
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.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
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.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Compare against every tracked city: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Vancouver income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$81,338 Top 49% higher than 51% 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
Biggest cities by headcount 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.
- 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 tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Sammamish instead.
Top earners by city in WA
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 Vancouver, WA beyond the headline numbers
Vancouver sits inside Clark County, Washington, at roughly 45.64°N, -122.66°W. Population 196,442, $81,338 median household income. Median home value $462,400, median rent $1,702. Poverty rate 10.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
3 hospitals in/around Vancouver, 3.5/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 54°F annual average, 37.4" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 11.9% in Vancouver, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
The median home in Vancouver costs around 5.7 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.
17.6% of Vancouver workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Median rent in Vancouver, WA runs $1,702/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
Unemployment in Vancouver sits at 5.7%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
At 10.2%, poverty in Vancouver, WA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
32.3% of Vancouver adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Vancouver 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.
A Decade of Change 2013–2024
County-level trend (Clark County): Vancouver'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.
Economics
What stands out most about Vancouver's economic profile: poverty rate at 10.2%, 18% below the average across tracked places. Median rent runs 11% above average too, at $1,702/mo.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 10.2% -18% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5.7% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 32.3% |
| Work From Home | 17.6% |
| Public Transit | 1.3% |
Headcount
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Local Hospitals 3 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 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20245.4% above national average
Metro area: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelClark County has recorded 9 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $26K in payouts since 2016.
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 Vancouver?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Vancouver right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet WA-VANCOUVER · Vancouver
Vancouver: 16 tagged alerts; lead category ECCC weather alert.
- VOL-ACTIVE 16 on record
- MIX-LED 100% ca-weather
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ El Paso
Tagged alert mix: Vancouver
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Weather Alerts
Weather Alerts
16
What this shows 16 tagged notices on record for Vancouver.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: El Paso, TX (16 tagged · Δ0)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Vancouver; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Washington state hubs · Methodology
Other cities with a matching alert count 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (16 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
Related reading
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Vancouver, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WA (10.2% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WA ($81,338 here).
Compare Vancouver 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 Cities 8
Next steps for Vancouver
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 Vancouver area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- A median income figure alone can mislead, cross-check it against the poverty rate for the fuller picture.
- Compare Vancouver against Washington peers on any ranking lens. Explore Washington
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 (Clark 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.