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Anacortes, WA

17,837 Population
11.7 square miles 1,525 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 41.9 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$53,930 ±$2,120 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $43,158 ±$990
  • a little higher than the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$89,788 ±$3,624 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $85,474 ±$2,182
  • a little less than the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

7.9% ±1.1% (1,390  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 11.6% † 14,887 (±1.2% / ±1,564)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

23.5 minutes ±1.5 (153,785  ±11,459) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 25.9 1,323,415 (±0.5 / ±39,947)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

7,952 ±172 Number of households
  • the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 51,518 ±474
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2.2 ±0.1 (17,649  ±98) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 2.5 128,567 (±0 / ±52)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

3.9% ±0.9% (119  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,489 (±1.2% / ±311)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

8,598 ±175 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 56,472 ±81
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$647,700 ±$10,174 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $486,200 ±$7,623
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

12.3% ±1.3% (2,175  ±227.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 12.2% 15,778 (±1% / ±1,303.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

96.2% ±2% (13,193  ±357.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 90.8% 84,926 (±1.9% / ±1,790.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
45.7% ±1.4% (6,265  ±221.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 29.1% 27,240 (±1% / ±920.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

5.9% ±0.7% (1,047  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 9.3% 12,180
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

12.2% ±1% (1,737  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 10% 10,160 (±0.6% / ±647)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
1,737 Total veterans ±148 1,538 Male ±135 199 Female ±36

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