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Usk, Washington.

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What it costs per month · Usk $3,084/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,588 (+106%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Washington $3,084 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Washington$3,084
  • United States$1,922

Living in Usk, Pend Oreille County, Washington

The Census does not count Usk on its own, so the figures here are Pend Oreille County's. Half the county's households earn more than $67,436 a year and half less; 14% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 81% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Pend Oreille County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Pend Oreille County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 14,000 about, in Pend Oreille County: the Census does not count Usk on its own
Household income $67,436 the median in Pend Oreille County, give or take $7,718
Unemployment 4.9% Pend Oreille County, August 2026; 5.3% a year before
Homes 81% lived in by their owners; 19% rented

Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Usk is a small community in Pend Oreille County, in the northeastern corner of Washington. Most homes here are lived in by their owners, and many people have lived in the area for a long time. Winters are cold, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow fall through much of the year.

Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in the building trades, or in manufacturing. Unemployment has eased over the past year, though the county has seen slightly fewer jobs than before. A minority of adults hold a four-year degree, and a notable share of workers stay home to do their jobs.

Things to do. Davis Creek runs in or beside the town, so it is the easiest place to spend a quiet afternoon outdoors. Colville National Forest, a protected area a longer drive away, offers wide woods for walking and exploring. Priest Lake, also a longer drive away, is a lake that many people visit for boating and time on the water.

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  • 5,949households
  • 49.8median age
  • 21%of adults have a degree
  • 14%below the poverty line
  • 30 mintypical commute
  • 13%work from home

What people in Pend Oreille County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Shops (retail)15%
  • Building trades12%
  • Manufacturing9%
  • Government9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pend Oreille County had 3,187 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 32° and 23°; warmest in July, 84° and 50° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 84° 50° A S O N D 32° 23°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 32° and 23°; warmest in July, 84° and 50° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 84° 50° A S O N D 32° 23°

Coldest in December, with highs near 32° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 50°. About 27 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Newport weather station, 15 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Pend Oreille County

  1. Newport Community HospitalCritical access hospital200FTE
  2. Pend Oreille CountyPersonnel offices, government189
  3. Newport School DistrictSchool district138FTE
  4. SafewaySupermarkets and other grocery stores97
  5. Cusick School DistrictSchool district55FTE
  6. Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture51
  7. Selkirk School DistrictSchool district48FTE
  8. Kalispel CasinoCasinos37

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 323 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LandslidesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Pend Oreille County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Pend Oreille County.

Usk home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Usk address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Usk — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.