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Carson, WA

2,553 Population
4.8 square miles 533 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.2 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,485 ±$6,250 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $50,158 ±$389
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$70,347 ±$15,741 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $94,573 ±$856
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

10.5% ±5.2% (266  ±140) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 9.6% 236,581 (±0.2% / ±5,594)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

25.8 minutes ±3.6 (22,605  ±8,201) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 25.4 25,767,950 (±0.1 / ±218,962)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

1,120 ±181 Number of households
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,000,418 ±2,091
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2.3 ±0.2 (2,553  ±467) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 2.5 2,466,861 (±0 / ±348)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,246 ±186 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,050,449 ±294
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$385,100 ±$88,469 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $526,500 ±$3,299
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

5.4% ±3.7% (136  ±97.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 14.3% 355,872 (±0.3% / ±7,164.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

90.3% ±23.2% (1,864  ±327.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 92.8% 1,664,553 (±0.6% / ±10,234.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
16.9% ±5.7% (349  ±134.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 42.1% 754,464 (±0.4% / ±6,402.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 38.8% 2,097,154 (±0.2% / ±10,784.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.6% ±2.4% (40  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 12.5% 314,406
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

17.2% ±5.7% (377  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 6.4% 128,070 (±0.1% / ±2,472)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
377 Total veterans ±143 377 Male ±143 N/A Female ±13

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