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Mason County, WA

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2026

Mason County, Washington, a core county of the Seattle-Tacoma, WA market, holds $372M in deposits across 4 insured institutions and 6 branches. KeyBank is the largest deposit holder at 33.0% share. The top three banks hold 86% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have fallen 21.1% since 2021 while the branch count fell by 25.0%. It produced $1.9B of real gross domestic product in 2024, ranking #954 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$1.9B
#954 of 1,523
Population
71,165
#758 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$26,553
#1,335 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/26)
$372M
#1,293 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$5,227
#1,511 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$62M
#1,253 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
4
#1,280 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
8.4
#1,484 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$99M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #930 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
67.0%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #819 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Banks’ Deposit Share: Concentrated
86%
The combined deposit share of the top three banks by deposits in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

County Deposits (SOD, 2021 to 2026)-21.1% over 5 years
$471M
2021
$464M
2022
$382M
2023
$364M
2024
$376M
2025
$372M
2026

Branches: 8 in 2021 to 6 in 2026. Institutions: 6 to 4. Top-three share: 69% to 86%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
KeyBank$123M33.0%2-20%
Heritage Bank$114M30.6%2-8%
Columbia Bank$84M22.6%1-17%
Olympia Federal Savings and Loan Association$51M13.8%1-4%

The 4 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2026. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2021 and 2026. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. “No 2021 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Part of the Seattle-Tacoma market

Mason County is one of 9 counties that make up the Seattle-Tacoma, WA market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #9 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 0.3% of the market’s output and holds 0.2% of its deposits.

MeasureMason CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$1.9B0.3%
Deposits$372M0.2%
Population71,1651.4%

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