Cosmopolis vs Hoquiam

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

Cosmopolis 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 2,301 in Cosmopolis). Cosmopolis has the higher median household income ($80,132 vs $51,754 in Hoquiam). Cosmopolis has the higher median home value ($280,700 vs $196,400 in Hoquiam).

Population, income & housing

	Cosmopolis	Hoquiam
Population	2,301	8,792
Median age	40.0 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,132	$51,754
Median home value	$280,700	$196,400
Median gross rent	$913	$1,011
Housing units	895	4,066
Homeownership rate	80.6%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cosmopolis	Hoquiam
Population	1,610 → 2,301 (+42.9%)	8,495 → 8,792 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$56,979 → $80,132 (+40.6%)	$45,667 → $51,754 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$165,300 → $280,700 (+69.8%)	$110,900 → $196,400 (+77.1%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $913 (+5.7%)	$758 → $1,011 (+33.4%)

Cosmopolis

Population

1,6102,301

Median household income

$56,979$80,132

Median home value

$165,300$280,700

Median gross rent

$864$913

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)

	Cosmopolis	Hoquiam
Under 5	3.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	23.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	5.4%	15.5%
75 and over	10.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cosmopolis	Hoquiam
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	4.9%
Asian	5.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cosmopolis	Hoquiam
No high school diploma	8.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	25.4%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cosmopolis	Hoquiam
Drove alone	88.4%	81.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.7%	3.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	1.3%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cosmopolis	Hoquiam
1-unit, detached	85.8%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Cosmopolis	Hoquiam
Poverty rate	6.3%	15.9%
Average household size	2.96	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1968	1938