City · Okanogan County, Washington

Omak, Washington

Omak is a city in Okanogan County, Washington. It has 5,036 residents. Omak, Washington has a quality-of-life score of 35 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,158 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Washington it ranks #327 of 395 cities and towns. It ranks best on grocery stores (high), preventable hospital stays (low) and rent as share of income (low). It ranks worst on drug overdose deaths (high), flu vaccinations (low) and child care cost burden (high).

35Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,158 of 15,651 cities and towns
Washington: #327 of 395 in WA
Population: 5,036 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 1,336.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 5351340

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety44#8,702/15,637
Economy26#11,547/15,631
Housing93#1,111/14,977
Health17#13,008/15,609
Healthcare28#11,264/15,650
Environment21#12,223/15,453
Education17#13,048/15,649
Infrastructure55#6,993/15,650
Community49#8,041/15,651
Leisure & amenities78#3,476/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Omak, Washington ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Okanogan County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Grocery stores · high4.9 /10k
99/100Washington 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOkanogan County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,389 /100k
98/100Washington 1,865 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOkanogan County value
Rent as share of income · low14.0%
97/100Washington 30.0%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Average commute time · low11.1 min
97/100Washington 26.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Rent-burdened households · low23.1%
94/100Washington 50.0%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Public libraries · high1.8 /10k
89/100Washington 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesOkanogan County value

Weaknesses

Drug overdose deaths · high48.0 /100k
2/100Washington 32.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataOkanogan County value
Flu vaccinations · low23.0%
2/100Washington 43.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOkanogan County value
Child care cost burden · high42.5%
4/100Washington 36.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOkanogan County value
Reading scores · low2.60
4/100Washington 2.98United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOkanogan County value
Natural hazard risk · high95.5
5/100Washington 63.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyOkanogan County value
Distance to an airport · high110 mi
7/100Washington 29 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauOkanogan County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
4,774 (2015-2019) → 5,036 (2020-2024)
+5.5%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.0% (2015-2019) → 90.0% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$40,714 (2015-2019) → $76,544 (2020-2024)
+88%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
9.0% (2015-2019) → 22.7% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
25.4% (2015-2019) → 14.0% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
28.2% (2015-2019) → 38.1% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Omak, Washington improved on 4 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Household income+88%$40,714 → $76,544
Bachelor's++14 points9.0% → 22.7%
Rent / income−11 points25.4% → 14.0%
Broadband+22 points68.0% → 90.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Omak, Washington between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	15.8 min2015-2019	11.1 min2020-2024	−4.7 min	Within the margin of error	89%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	96%
Broadband subscriptions	68.0%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+22 points	Improved	93%
Child poverty rate	28.2%2015-2019	38.1%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Effective property tax rate	0.82%2015-2019	0.73%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%
High school diploma or higher	85.2%2015-2019	88.0%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	49%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4442015-2019	0.4792020-2024	+0.035	Within the margin of error	24%
Median household income	$40,7142015-2019	$76,5442020-2024	+88%	Improved	97%
Poverty rate	20.8%2015-2019	26.1%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Rent as share of income	25.4%2015-2019	14.0%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	95%
Rent-burdened households	27.8%2015-2019	23.1%2020-2024	−4.6 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.1%2015-2019	18.2%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Within the margin of error	10%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Omak, Washington five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Omak, Washington in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Omak, Washington itself moved +11.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,036 residents (±23)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,019 households (±250)

Omak, Washington
Washington share

Under $25k19%†383
$25k–50k17%†341
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,019 households (±250)

Omak, Washington
Washington share

Own59%1,189
Rent41%830

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,042 workers (±326)

Omak, Washington
Washington share

Drive alone62%1,259
Carpool18%†372
Public transit0.9%†19

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Okanogan County, the county holding most of Omak's residents.

Okanogan County has 1,202 employer establishments, 275 for every 10,000 residents (1.11× the US rate of 248; 1.07× Washington's), with 8,819 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,840. The Census Bureau also counts 2,639 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,202; 2,639 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 275; US 248 · Washington 258
Paid employees: 8,819
Average annual pay: $47,840; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Okanogan County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	105	24	1.55×More than typical	319	$61,539	159
Construction of buildings	82	18.8	2.48×More than typical	279	$49,061	115
Ambulatory health care services	65	14.9	0.71×Fewer than typical	719	$66,896	128
Restaurants and other eating places	64	14.6	0.80×Fewer than typical	628	$24,836	12
Lessors of real estate	46	10.5	0.85×About typical	58	$36,431	265
Services to buildings and dwellings	44	10.1	1.49×More than typical	96	$39,031	142
Full-service restaurants	37	8.5	1.10×About typical	255	$27,529	—
Other specialty trade contractors	35	8	3.19×More than typical	118	$69,915	86
Religious organizations	35	8	1.44×More than typical	68	$19,603	—
Traveler accommodation	34	7.8	4.31×More than typical	497	$34,662	32
Building equipment contractors	31	7.1	1.18×About typical	118	$63,466	18
Automotive repair and maintenance	28	6.4	1.27×More than typical	88	$39,239	39

Rank places for an industry Open Okanogan County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 43,722 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $2,175 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Omak, Washington: $0.43 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2,175; −4.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.43; US $1,994
Sole-source: 94%; US 30%
Single offer: 10%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Bureau of Reclamation$2,04594%
Forest Service$22510%

Top recipients

SUNRISE DISPOSAL, INC.$2,04594%
LOUP LOUP SKI RENTAL SHOP LLC$22510%
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED-$95.900.0%

Spending by fiscal year

2.4KFY2017
-4KFY2018
1.6KFY2019
2.3KFY2020
1.4KFY2021
3.7KFY2022
2.4KFY2023
2.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Waste collection · 5621$2,04594%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$22510%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Omak, Washington, so they do not add up across cities.

Omak, Washington's figures are part of those of Okanogan County, WA ($19.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Omak is mostly in Okanogan County.

See federal money in Okanogan County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Omak, Washington is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Dan NewhouseR-WA-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 2.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Okanogan County37100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Okanogan County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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