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Port Townsend, WA

10,438 Population
6.9 square miles 1,503.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.8 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 59.8 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$45,197 ±$3,080 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: $51,695 ±$3,167
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
$62,606 ±$3,473 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: $74,048 ±$4,031
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414

13.5% ±2.8% (1,389  ±286) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 11.1% † 3,669 (±1.6% / ±513)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)

14.6 minutes ±2.2 (38,615  ±7,796) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 21.3 197,855 (±1.3 / ±17,921)
  • about half the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)

Families

5,683 ±244 Number of households
  • the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 16,340 ±415
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
1.8 ±0.1 (10,184  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 2 32,938 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923

3.1% ±2.2% (55  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 4.2% † 202 (±1.7% / ±81)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)

Housing

6,225 ±261 Number of housing units
  • the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 19,534 ±48
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517

$543,400 ±$40,117 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: $535,000 ±$27,178
  • a little less than the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940

20.1% ±2.8% (2,086  ±290) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 12.2% † 4,078 (±1.4% / ±479.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)

Social

96.6% ±6.2% (8,391  ±565.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 95.5% 27,252 (±3.7% / ±1,058.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
53.2% ±4.1% (4,620  ±366.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 43.9% 12,542 (±2.2% / ±623.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)

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

4.2% ±1.5% (439  ±157) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 4.8% 1,618
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843

10% ±1.9% (918  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Port Townsend, WA Micro Area: 11.7% † 3,465 (±1.2% / ±348)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
918 Total veterans ±179 827 Male ±172 91 Female ±68

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