Port Ludlow vs Quilcene

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

Port Ludlow and Quilcene 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 490 in Quilcene). Port Ludlow has the higher median household income ($92,245 vs $48,938 in Quilcene). Port Ludlow has the higher median home value ($590,500 vs $280,600 in Quilcene).

Population, income & housing

	Port Ludlow	Quilcene
Population	2,979	490
Median age	65.2 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,245	$48,938
Median home value	$590,500	$280,600
Median gross rent	$1,909	$1,130
Housing units	1,900	250
Homeownership rate	90.7%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Ludlow	Quilcene
Population	2,828 → 2,979 (+5.3%)	697 → 490 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$60,192 → $92,245 (+53.3%)	$55,956 → $48,938 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$367,900 → $590,500 (+60.5%)	$191,700 → $280,600 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,848 → $1,909 (+3.3%)	$890 → $1,130 (+27.0%)

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

Quilcene

Population

697490

Median household income

$55,956$48,938

Median home value

$191,700$280,600

Median gross rent

$890$1,130

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Ludlow	Quilcene
Under 5	5.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	7.8%	5.9%
18 to 24	1.5%	13.3%
25 to 34	5.6%	20.4%
35 to 44	8.6%	3.5%
45 to 54	7.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.4%
65 to 74	26.5%	23.1%
75 and over	24.2%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Ludlow	Quilcene
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	15.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Ludlow	Quilcene
No high school diploma	1.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	11.3%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Ludlow	Quilcene
Drove alone	64.6%	37.3%
Carpooled	3.0%	0.4%
Public transit	1.0%	15.8%
Walked	1.8%	23.2%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.7%	23.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Ludlow	Quilcene
1-unit, detached	82.4%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Port Ludlow	Quilcene
Poverty rate	13.0%	16.3%
Average household size	1.92	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	38	43
Median year structure built	1995	1954