Brinnon vs Port Ludlow

A side-by-side comparison of Brinnon and Port Ludlow: population, income, housing, and more.

Brinnon and Port Ludlow are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Port Ludlow has the higher population (2,979 vs 774 in Brinnon). Port Ludlow has the higher median household income ($92,245 vs $57,708 in Brinnon). Port Ludlow has the higher median home value ($590,500 vs $276,900 in Brinnon).

Population, income & housing

	Brinnon	Port Ludlow
Population	774	2,979
Median age	65.8 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,708	$92,245
Median home value	$276,900	$590,500
Median gross rent	$1,301	$1,909
Housing units	957	1,900
Homeownership rate	89.8%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brinnon	Port Ludlow
Population	784 → 774 (-1.3%)	2,828 → 2,979 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$52,350 → $57,708 (+10.2%)	$60,192 → $92,245 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$263,000 → $276,900 (+5.3%)	$367,900 → $590,500 (+60.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,301 (+30.1%)	$1,848 → $1,909 (+3.3%)

Brinnon

Population

784774

Median household income

$52,350$57,708

Median home value

$263,000$276,900

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,301

Port Ludlow

Population

2,8282,979

Median household income

$60,192$92,245

Median home value

$367,900$590,500

Median gross rent

$1,848$1,909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brinnon	Port Ludlow
Under 5	2.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	3.5%	7.8%
18 to 24	1.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	1.0%	5.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	8.6%
45 to 54	21.3%	7.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	35.0%	26.5%
75 and over	15.8%	24.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brinnon	Port Ludlow
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brinnon	Port Ludlow
No high school diploma	6.7%	1.6%
High school graduate	26.4%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brinnon	Port Ludlow
Drove alone	68.4%	64.6%
Carpooled	14.4%	3.0%
Public transit	6.2%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	11.0%	26.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brinnon	Port Ludlow
1-unit, detached	70.2%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Brinnon	Port Ludlow
Poverty rate	13.2%	13.0%
Average household size	2.00	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	40	38
Median year structure built	1983	1995