Blakely Island, WA — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
ZIP code 98243, covering Blakely Island, ranks among Washington's more affluent areas, with a median household income of $139,167 and per-capita income of $89,368. Homes here are valued at a median of $1,094,800, yet the county-level effective property tax rate sits at just 0.53%, so property tax bills stay low even on high-value houses. A combined sales tax rate of 8.35% applies to purchases. Overall, this is a high-income, high-home-value enclave where the tax structure leans on consumption rather than property ownership, keeping annual carrying costs unusually contained given the price of real estate.
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