Central Park vs Hoquiam

A side-by-side comparison of Central Park and Hoquiam: population, income, housing, and more.

Central Park and Hoquiam are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hoquiam has the higher population (8,792 vs 3,203 in Central Park). Central Park has the higher median household income ($97,273 vs $51,754 in Hoquiam). Central Park has the higher median home value ($313,300 vs $196,400 in Hoquiam).

Population, income & housing

	Central Park	Hoquiam
Population	3,203	8,792
Median age	45.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,273	$51,754
Median home value	$313,300	$196,400
Median gross rent	$1,108	$1,011
Housing units	1,320	4,066
Homeownership rate	84.4%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central Park	Hoquiam
Population	3,205 → 3,203 (-0.1%)	8,495 → 8,792 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$77,522 → $97,273 (+25.5%)	$45,667 → $51,754 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$222,000 → $313,300 (+41.1%)	$110,900 → $196,400 (+77.1%)
Median gross rent	$814 → $1,108 (+36.1%)	$758 → $1,011 (+33.4%)

Central Park

Population

3,2053,203

Median household income

$77,522$97,273

Median home value

$222,000$313,300

Median gross rent

$814$1,108

Hoquiam

Population

8,4958,792

Median household income

$45,667$51,754

Median home value

$110,900$196,400

Median gross rent

$758$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central Park	Hoquiam
Under 5	4.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	14.4%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	23.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	15.5%
75 and over	6.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central Park	Hoquiam
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	4.9%
Asian	0.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central Park	Hoquiam
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	31.6%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central Park	Hoquiam
Drove alone	86.3%	81.8%
Carpooled	2.6%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.3%	4.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central Park	Hoquiam
1-unit, detached	87.5%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Central Park	Hoquiam
Poverty rate	6.1%	15.9%
Average household size	2.67	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1966	1938