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Port Townsend, WA

10,290 Population
6.9 square miles 1,482.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.4 ±2.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 59.5 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,518 ±$3,437 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: $49,853 ±$3,168
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$60,015 ±$3,397 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: $71,143 ±$4,402
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

14.2% ±3.2% (1,446  ±322) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 12.6% † 4,123 (±1.8% / ±581)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

18.5 minutes ±2.5 (46,535  ±10,093) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 23.5 217,560 (±1.6 / ±21,408)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

5,481 ±202 Number of households
  • the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 16,156 ±414
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
1.8 ±0.1 (10,055  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 2 32,659 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

2.7% ±2.6% (44  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 5% † 237 (±2.2% / ±102)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

6,068 ±271 Number of housing units
  • the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 19,359 ±34
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$502,500 ±$37,231 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: $495,100 ±$17,433
  • a little less than the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

14.7% ±3.6% (1,507  ±372.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 11.4% † 3,788 (±2% / ±653.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

97.9% ±6.4% (8,422  ±589.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 96.1% 27,129 (±3.8% / ±1,078.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
52.2% ±4.6% (4,489  ±406.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 43.3% 12,214 (±2.3% / ±661.1)
  • about 1.4 times 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

5.6% ±2.3% (572  ±233) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 5.3% 1,757
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

10.6% ±2% (964  ±185) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 12.1% † 3,561 (±1.2% / ±359)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
964 Total veterans ±185 860 Male ±180 104 Female ±74

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