Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety62#355/924
Economy34#608/925
Housing31#637/925
Health22#726/925
Healthcare35#604/923
Environment100#4/917
Education18#760/925
Infrastructure56#404/925
Community35#603/925
Leisure & amenities79#195/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Aberdeen, WA micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Grocery stores · high3.6 /10k
99/100Washington 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Median Air Quality Index · low22
96/100Washington 382025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.9 µg/m³
95/100Washington 8.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
93/100Washington 3.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Hot days · low2 days
92/100Washington 13 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · high12.9 /10k
90/100Washington 11.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Mammography screening · low31.0%
3/100Washington 41.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · high43.2%
3/100Washington 36.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · high42.7 /100k
3/100Washington 32.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Unemployment rate · high5.9%
6/100Washington 4.7%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Some college · low48.4%
9/100Washington 72.0%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Injury deaths · high129 /100k
10/100Washington 86 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Hot daysWorsening
1 days (2011-2020) → 2 days (2016-2025)
+144%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
New business applicationsImproving
6.2 /1k (2020) → 12.9 /1k (2025)
+109%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Homicide rateImproving
3.0 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
High ozone daysImproving
1 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Child care cost burdenWorsening
24.7% (2020 & 2021) → 43.2% (2023 & 2024)
+18 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Firearm deathsWorsening
10.2 /100k (2021) → 19.4 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+90%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k

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, Aberdeen, WA micropolitan area improved on 12 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 9 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Commute−2.8 min27.1 min → 24.3 min
New businesses+109%6.2 /1k → 12.9 /1k
Homicides−100%5.4 /100k → 0.0 /100k
Libraries+6.9%1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Unemployment−5.2 points11.1% → 5.9%

Declined7

Overdose deaths+91%22.4 /100k → 42.7 /100k
Price / income+1.4×3.5× → 4.9×
Violent crime+18%166 /100k → 197 /100k
Traffic deaths+34%10.4 /100k → 14.0 /100k
Firearm deaths+13%17.1 /100k → 19.4 /100k

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Aberdeen, WA micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.4 /10k2020	3.7 /10k2025	+8.3%	Improved	49%
Average commute time	27.1 min2015-2019	24.3 min2020-2024	−2.8 min	Improved	98%
Average weekly wage	$8932020	$1,1542025	+29%	Improved	91%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%2015-2019	18.2%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Broadband subscriptions	83.0%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Improved	21%
Child poverty rate	20.2%2015-2019	21.8%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Distance to an airport	76 mi2020	76 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	22.4 /100k2020	42.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+91%	Declined	4%
Effective property tax rate	0.98%2015-2019	0.71%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	87%
Firearm deaths	17.1 /100k2020	19.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+13%	Declined	30%
Grocery stores	3.8 /10k2020	3.6 /10k2025	−6.3%	Declined	31%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+13%	Improved	62%
High school diploma or higher	89.7%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	4.9×2020-2024	+1.4×	Declined	4%
Homicide rate	5.4 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Improved	95%
Income adjusted for local prices	$41,5792019	$54,4572024	+31%	Improved	43%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4462015-2019	0.4362020-2024	−0.010	Within the margin of error	79%
Median household income	$51,2402015-2019	$64,4142020-2024	+26%	Improved	43%
New business applications	6.2 /1k2020	12.9 /1k2025	+109%	Improved	96%
Pharmacies	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−2.9%	Little change	61%
Poverty rate	14.4%2015-2019	15.3%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Property crime rate	1,890 /100k2020	1,083 /100k2025	−43%	Improved	70%
Public libraries	1.2 /10k2019	1.3 /10k2024	+6.9%	Improved	88%
Public transit commuters	1.0%2015-2019	1.2%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Rent as share of income	29.0%2015-2019	29.4%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	47.2%2015-2019	48.9%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Restaurants and bars	12.5 /10k2020	11.9 /10k2025	−5%	Little change	26%
Suicide rate	22.4 /100k2020	25.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+16%	Declined	31%
Traffic deaths	10.4 /100k2015-2019	14.0 /100k2020-2024	+34%	Declined	14%
Unemployment rate	11.1%2020	5.9%2025	−5.2 points	Improved	94%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.2%2015-2019	9.8%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Violent crime rate	166 /100k2020	197 /100k2025	+18%	Declined	13%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Aberdeen, WA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Aberdeen, WA micropolitan area 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, Aberdeen, WA micropolitan area itself moved −0.9 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

77,053 residents

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

30,628 households (±562)

Aberdeen, WA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k17%5,277
$25k–50k21%6,556
$50k–75k18%5,609

Homes

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

Owners and renters

30,628 households (±562)

Aberdeen, WA micropolitan area
United States share

Own73%22,424
Rent27%8,204

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+6.2 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

29,091 workers (±891)

Aberdeen, WA micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone76%22,029
Carpool7.2%2,090
Public transit1.2%†344

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Aberdeen, WA micropolitan area.

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.

Aberdeen, WA has 1,558 employer establishments, 201 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248), with 15,927 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,392. The Census Bureau also counts 3,832 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,558; 3,832 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 201; US 248
Paid employees: 15,927
Average annual pay: $50,392; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	150	19.3	1.05×About typical	1,707	$26,866	18
Ambulatory health care services	99	12.8	0.61×Fewer than typical	748	$68,140	130
Construction of buildings	94	12.1	1.60×More than typical	400	$51,345	134
Specialty trade contractors	84	10.8	0.70×Fewer than typical	638	$78,674	178
Lessors of real estate	75	9.7	0.78×Fewer than typical	368	$34,109	404
Full-service restaurants	68	8.8	1.14×About typical	834	$30,313	12
Grocery and convenience stores	45	5.8	1.95×More than typical	628	$32,928	9
Religious organizations	43	5.5	1.00×About typical	183	$22,328	—
Limited-service restaurants	42	5.4	0.67×Fewer than typical	562	$25,486	4
Snack and non-alcoholic beverage bars	40	5.2	2.04×More than typical	311	$20,119	—
Traveler accommodation	40	5.2	2.86×More than typical	418	$29,696	24
Offices of other health practitioners	38	4.9	0.81×About typical	145	$45,600	72

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 77,582 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $66.6M on contracts performed in Aberdeen, WA micropolitan area: $853 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $66.6M; +679% vs FY2025
Per resident: $853; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Department of the Army$37.7M57%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$22.7M34%
Environmental Protection Agency$5.5M8.2%
Forest Service$350.9K0.5%
National Park Service$203.3K0.3%
U.S. Coast Guard$123.5K0.2%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$104.7K0.2%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$81.8K0.1%

Top recipients

BIG RIVER CONSTRUCTION INC$36.2M54%
RJS CONSTRUCTION INC$22.7M34%
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, INC$5.5M8.2%
SKAGIT AGGREGATES LLC$795.5K1.2%
AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$704.2K1.1%

Spending by fiscal year

8MFY2017
14.2MFY2018
8.3MFY2019
41.4MFY2020
15.2MFY2021
16.5MFY2022
38.2MFY2023
12.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$36.9M55%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$22.7M34%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$5.5M8.2%
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying · 2123$837.5K1.3%
Water, sewage and other systems · 2213$339.6K0.5%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$208K

Largest awards

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ATTACHED SPECIFICATIONS AND PLANS.$36.2M
BIG RIVER CONSTRUCTION INC· Grays Harbor County, WA· Construction & real property· Mar 5, 2026 – Apr 22, 2026· W912DW26CA010
CONSTRUCT NEW QUINAULT DETENTION CENTER$22.7M
RJS CONSTRUCTION INC· Grays Harbor County, WA· Construction & real property· May 4, 2026 – May 6, 2026· 140A1626F0035
FY23-FY26 GRAYS HARBOR DREDGING AND DISPOSAL$15.8M
AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.· Grays Harbor County, WA· Construction & real property· Sep 6, 2023 – Apr 20, 2026· W912DW23C0022
2000007104/4210004930/SOYBEAN MEAL BULK

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $659.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Aberdeen, WA micropolitan area: $8,444 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $659.9M; −11% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,444; US $12,955
Loan face value: $45.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$393M60%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$58M8.8%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$56.4M8.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$35.2M5.3%
15.022 · Tribal Self-Governance$25.7M3.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$23.1M3.5%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$13.6M2.1%
14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants$5.7M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

QUINAULT INDIAN NATION$31.4M4.8%
TAHOLAH, WA
WASHINGTON ST DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$19.9M3.0%
OLYMPIA, WA
CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE CHEHALIS RESERVATION$6.4M1.0%
OAKVILLE, WA
GRAYS HARBOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING GROUP LLLP$4.4M0.7%
ABERDEEN, WA
GRAYS HARBOR COLLEGE

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$507.6M77%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$65.3M9.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$29.5M4.5%
Department of the Interior
Federal Highway Administration$19.9M3.0%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

531.9MFY2021
547.6MFY2022
592.6MFY2023
655.1MFY2024
741.2MFY2025
659.9MFY2026

County aggregates

87%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Aberdeen, WA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Grays Harbor CountyCentral county4878,144

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

AberdeenPrincipal city17,088

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Washington

Areas based in Washington, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Aberdeen, WA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Aberdeen, WA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Washington

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined7

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type