Código postal 98042 — Kent, WA

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El código postal 98042 cubre Kent, Washington, con una población de unos 48,594 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $125,554.

Población: 48,5941,749 per square mile
Edad media: 401.3 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $125,5541.3× the Washington median
Tasa de pobreza: 4.1%8.3 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $697,909up 11.6% in five years
Alquiler medio: $2,1211.3× the Washington median
Título universitario o superior: 33.7%1.3 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 82.4%17.4 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Pacific UTC-08:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 898

Dónde está 98042

Kent, Washington — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	48,594
Edad media	40
Hogares familiares	77.9%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	18.5%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	25.2%
Blanca (no hispana)	61.8%
Negra (no hispana)	5.8%
Asiática (no hispana)	13%
Hispana o latina	11.8%
Veteranos	7.7%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$125,554
Ingreso por persona	$54,230
Tasa de pobreza	4.1%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	8.3%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	1.9%
$10–15k	0.8%
$15–20k	1.3%
$20–25k	1.9%
$25–30k	1.5%
$30–35k	1.5%
$35–40k	2.5%
$40–45k	2.1%
$45–50k	2.6%
$50–60k	3.2%
$60–75k	6.2%
$75–100k	12.7%
$100–125k	11.5%
$125–150k	11.5%
$150–200k	15.3%
$200k or more	23.6%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	24,150
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$104,798
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	11.3%
Returns, under $25k	18.6%
Returns, $25k–$50k	17.8%
Returns, $50k–$75k	15.2%
Returns, $75k–$100k	11.5%
Returns, $100k–$200k	25.7%
Returns, $200k or more	11.3%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$613,000
Alquiler bruto medio	$2,121
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	32.5%
Ocupada por su propietario	82.4%
Viviendas vacías	2.8%
Año medio de construcción	1987

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	85%
Casa adosada	2%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	0.9%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	3.8%
20 o más viviendas	4.2%
Casa móvil	3.9%
Barco, autocaravana o furgoneta	0.3%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$697,909as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 1.6%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 11.6%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 88.7%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$2,422as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 2.2%
Typical asking rent, 5 years	up 27%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$233,188 in 2000 to $697,909 in 2026.

Alquiler típico solicitado

$1,660 in 2019 to $2,422 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	3%
Licenciatura o superior	33.7%
Bachillerato o superior	92.7%
Trabaja desde casa	15.2%
Conduce solo al trabajo	73.1%
Usa el transporte público	2.1%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	28.3%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	24.6% 8.8 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	8.1% 3.9 pts below the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	8.9% 4.3 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	29.1% 5 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	14.3% 6 pts below the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	7.4% 3.9 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	25.5% 3.6 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	15.3% 10.1 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	22.6% 2.5 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	17.3% 1.3 pts above the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	69.7% 5 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	7.7% same as the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	10.6% same as the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	4.7% 1.5 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	70.5% 6.2 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	85.8% same as the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	12.6% 2.2 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	66.8% 2.5 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	4.4% 2.2 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	69.4% 8.1 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	23.8% 6.9 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Discapacidad auditiva	5.2% 1.5 pts below the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	35.9% same as the national average of 36.2%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	6% 2.4 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Mamografía	76.3% same as the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	16.2% 0.6 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	8.8% 5.2 pts below the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	11.4% 2.1 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	2.8% 1.2 pts below the national average of 4%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	30.3% 6.1 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	2.7% 0.7 pts below the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	8% 5 pts below the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	3.7% 1.9 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	898
Personas empleadas	7,229
Nómina anual	$295,732,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 62.9% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low to Relatively High en los 15 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	76.3 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	80.9 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Actividad volcánica	91.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	91.4Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	72.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	56.3Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	52.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	45.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	41.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	34.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	20.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	14.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	9.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	0.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Washington y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Washington	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$125,554	$94,952	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$54,230	$51,493	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	4.1%	9.9%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$613,000	$519,800	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$2,121	$1,682	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	82.4%	63.9%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	33.7%	38.8%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	3%	5%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	15.2%	17.7%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	18.5%	15.1%	13.9%
Edad media	40	38.2	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	KENT, WA US10.7 km away
Lluvia al año	40 in

Average high and low by month

enero	48.4°F / 36.1°F5.77 in rain
febrero	51.2°F / 36.2°F3.99 in rain
marzo	55.8°F / 39°F4.36 in rain
abril	61.4°F / 42.8°F3.06 in rain
mayo	68°F / 48.7°F2.1 in rain
junio	71.9°F / 53.3°F1.68 in rain
julio	78.3°F / 57.3°F0.67 in rain
agosto	78.3°F / 57.3°F0.92 in rain
septiembre	72.5°F / 52.4°F1.49 in rain
octubre	61.3°F / 45.6°F4.07 in rain
noviembre	52.7°F / 39.1°F6.23 in rain
diciembre	47°F / 35.4°F5.75 in rain

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Lejos de un supermercado	70% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 3 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Kent School District	92.1% de la superficie de este código postal
Auburn School District	5.6% de la superficie de este código postal
Tahoma School District	2.3% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	23más vulnerable que el 23% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	16más vulnerable que el 16% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	37más vulnerable que el 37% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	50más vulnerable que el 50% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	31más vulnerable que el 31% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	7.4 out of 20Below average

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

98038 Maple Valley, WA	a 5.1 km
98031 Kent, WA	a 5.9 km
98093 Federal Way, WA	a 6.4 km
98089 Kent, WA	a 6.5 km
98030 Kent, WA	a 7.1 km
98035 Kent, WA	a 8.7 km
98064 Kent, WA	a 8.7 km
98058 Renton, WA	a 8.7 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

King County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Pacific (UTC-08:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	27.79 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.58 sq mi
Densidad de población	1,749 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	47.3680, -122.1206

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.