Brush Prairie vs Hockinson

A side-by-side comparison of Brush Prairie and Hockinson: population, income, housing, and more.

Brush Prairie and Hockinson are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hockinson has the higher population (5,993 vs 2,563 in Brush Prairie). Hockinson has the higher median household income ($132,083 vs $115,511 in Brush Prairie). Hockinson has the higher median home value ($661,900 vs $515,000 in Brush Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Brush Prairie	Hockinson
Population	2,563	5,993
Median age	49.2 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$115,511	$132,083
Median home value	$515,000	$661,900
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,697
Housing units	1,093	2,105
Homeownership rate	83.0%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brush Prairie	Hockinson
Population	2,636 → 2,563 (-2.8%)	5,355 → 5,993 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$82,458 → $115,511 (+40.1%)	$113,520 → $132,083 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$420,200 → $515,000 (+22.6%)	$461,400 → $661,900 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,152 → $1,750 (+51.9%)	$1,800 → $1,697 (-5.7%)

Brush Prairie

Population

2,6362,563

Median household income

$82,458$115,511

Median home value

$420,200$515,000

Median gross rent

$1,152$1,750

Hockinson

Population

5,3555,993

Median household income

$113,520$132,083

Median home value

$461,400$661,900

Median gross rent

$1,800$1,697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brush Prairie	Hockinson
Under 5	4.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	15.4%
55 to 64	19.5%	15.9%
65 to 74	17.7%	16.8%
75 and over	5.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brush Prairie	Hockinson
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brush Prairie	Hockinson
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	29.4%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brush Prairie	Hockinson
Drove alone	54.8%	74.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.8%	20.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brush Prairie	Hockinson
1-unit, detached	84.4%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Brush Prairie	Hockinson
Poverty rate	5.1%	2.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1977	1993