Duluth vs Fern Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Duluth and Fern Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fern Prairie has the higher population (2,132 vs 2,040 in Duluth). Duluth has the higher median household income ($165,071 vs $110,476 in Fern Prairie). Duluth has the higher median home value ($730,900 vs $550,000 in Fern Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Duluth	Fern Prairie
Population	2,040	2,132
Median age	41.5 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$165,071	$110,476
Median home value	$730,900	$550,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,482
Housing units	642	710
Homeownership rate	93.8%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duluth	Fern Prairie
Population	1,314 → 2,040 (+55.3%)	1,958 → 2,132 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$78,068 → $165,071 (+111.4%)	$80,563 → $110,476 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$470,500 → $730,900 (+55.3%)	$371,800 → $550,000 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $891 (-23.8%)	$1,317 → $1,482 (+12.5%)

Duluth

Population

1,3142,040

Median household income

$78,068$165,071

Median home value

$470,500$730,900

Median gross rent

$1,170$891

Fern Prairie

Population

1,9582,132

Median household income

$80,563$110,476

Median home value

$371,800$550,000

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,482

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duluth	Fern Prairie
Under 5	0.3%	0.6%
5 to 17	24.7%	28.8%
18 to 24	3.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	5.1%	3.7%
35 to 44	17.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	20.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.7%
75 and over	10.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duluth	Fern Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	90.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duluth	Fern Prairie
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.3%
High school graduate	17.6%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	45.7%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duluth	Fern Prairie
Drove alone	67.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	1.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	27.3%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duluth	Fern Prairie
1-unit, detached	86.4%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Duluth	Fern Prairie
Poverty rate	9.4%	6.3%
Average household size	3.26	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1994	1984