Marrowstone vs Port Townsend

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

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

Port Townsend has the higher population (10,290 vs 982 in Marrowstone). Marrowstone has the higher median household income ($93,125 vs $60,015 in Port Townsend). Marrowstone has the higher median home value ($561,400 vs $502,500 in Port Townsend).

Population, income & housing

	Marrowstone	Port Townsend
Population	982	10,290
Median age	58.6 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,125	$60,015
Median home value	$561,400	$502,500
Median gross rent	$1,382	$1,151
Housing units	595	6,068
Homeownership rate	77.2%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	52.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marrowstone	Port Townsend
Population	831 → 982 (+18.2%)	9,551 → 10,290 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$51,429 → $93,125 (+81.1%)	$51,389 → $60,015 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$530,300 → $561,400 (+5.9%)	$338,000 → $502,500 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,382 (+22.8%)	$957 → $1,151 (+20.3%)

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 Townsend

Population

9,55110,290

Median household income

$51,389$60,015

Median home value

$338,000$502,500

Median gross rent

$957$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marrowstone	Port Townsend
Under 5	3.6%	1.8%
5 to 17	11.5%	9.7%
18 to 24	3.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	2.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	5.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	17.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	24.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	25.4%	24.4%
75 and over	6.0%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marrowstone	Port Townsend
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marrowstone	Port Townsend
No high school diploma	7.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	7.9%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marrowstone	Port Townsend
Drove alone	55.3%	53.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.4%
Public transit	7.2%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	29.4%	28.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marrowstone	Port Townsend
1-unit, detached	77.3%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Marrowstone	Port Townsend
Poverty rate	14.1%	14.2%
Average household size	2.17	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	35	19
Median year structure built	1988	1981