Port Townsend vs Quilcene

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

Port Townsend and Quilcene 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 490 in Quilcene). Port Townsend has the higher median household income ($60,015 vs $48,938 in Quilcene). Port Townsend has the higher median home value ($502,500 vs $280,600 in Quilcene).

Population, income & housing

	Port Townsend	Quilcene
Population	10,290	490
Median age	59.4 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,015	$48,938
Median home value	$502,500	$280,600
Median gross rent	$1,151	$1,130
Housing units	6,068	250
Homeownership rate	70.6%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.2%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Townsend	Quilcene
Population	9,551 → 10,290 (+7.7%)	697 → 490 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$51,389 → $60,015 (+16.8%)	$55,956 → $48,938 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$338,000 → $502,500 (+48.7%)	$191,700 → $280,600 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,151 (+20.3%)	$890 → $1,130 (+27.0%)

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

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 Townsend	Quilcene
Under 5	1.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	9.7%	5.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	13.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	20.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	3.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	8.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.4%
65 to 74	24.4%	23.1%
75 and over	16.6%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Townsend	Quilcene
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	15.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Townsend	Quilcene
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	14.0%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Townsend	Quilcene
Drove alone	53.4%	37.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.4%
Public transit	1.7%	15.8%
Walked	6.1%	23.2%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.5%	23.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Townsend	Quilcene
1-unit, detached	74.2%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Port Townsend	Quilcene
Poverty rate	14.2%	16.3%
Average household size	1.83	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	19	43
Median year structure built	1981	1954