Marrowstone vs Port Ludlow

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

Marrowstone 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 982 in Marrowstone). Marrowstone has the higher median household income ($93,125 vs $92,245 in Port Ludlow). Port Ludlow has the higher median home value ($590,500 vs $561,400 in Marrowstone).

Population, income & housing

	Marrowstone	Port Ludlow
Population	982	2,979
Median age	58.6 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$93,125	$92,245
Median home value	$561,400	$590,500
Median gross rent	$1,382	$1,909
Housing units	595	1,900
Homeownership rate	77.2%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marrowstone	Port Ludlow
Population	831 → 982 (+18.2%)	2,828 → 2,979 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$51,429 → $93,125 (+81.1%)	$60,192 → $92,245 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$530,300 → $561,400 (+5.9%)	$367,900 → $590,500 (+60.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,382 (+22.8%)	$1,848 → $1,909 (+3.3%)

Marrowstone

Population

831982

Median household income

$51,429$93,125

Median home value

$530,300$561,400

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,382

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)

	Marrowstone	Port Ludlow
Under 5	3.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.5%	7.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	1.5%
25 to 34	2.6%	5.6%
35 to 44	5.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	17.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	24.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	25.4%	26.5%
75 and over	6.0%	24.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marrowstone	Port Ludlow
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	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	1.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marrowstone	Port Ludlow
No high school diploma	7.4%	1.6%
High school graduate	7.9%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marrowstone	Port Ludlow
Drove alone	55.3%	64.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.0%
Public transit	7.2%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	29.4%	26.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marrowstone	Port Ludlow
1-unit, detached	77.3%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Marrowstone	Port Ludlow
Poverty rate	14.1%	13.0%
Average household size	2.17	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	1988	1995