Queets vs Quilcene

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

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

Quilcene has the higher population (490 vs 45 in Queets). Quilcene has the higher median home value ($280,600 vs $82,500 in Queets). Since 2019, Quilcene's population has grown faster (-29.7% vs -76.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Queets	Quilcene
Population	45	490
Median age	49.4 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$48,938
Median home value	$82,500	$280,600
Median gross rent	$900	$1,130
Housing units	30	250
Homeownership rate	63.2%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	26.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Queets	Quilcene
Population	192 → 45 (-76.6%)	697 → 490 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $50,208 (+11.6%)	$55,956 → $48,938 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $82,500 (+26.9%)	$191,700 → $280,600 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$300 → $900 (+200.0%)	$890 → $1,130 (+27.0%)

Queets

Population

19245

Median household income

$45,000$50,208

Median home value

$65,000$82,500

Median gross rent

$300$900

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)

	Queets	Quilcene
Under 5	8.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	4.4%	5.9%
18 to 24	17.8%	13.3%
25 to 34	4.4%	20.4%
35 to 44	6.7%	3.5%
45 to 54	22.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	8.4%
65 to 74	15.6%	23.1%
75 and over	6.7%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Queets	Quilcene
White (non-Hispanic)	4.4%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	86.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	15.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Queets	Quilcene
No high school diploma	16.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	25.8%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	54.8%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Queets	Quilcene
Drove alone	77.8%	37.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	15.8%
Walked	11.1%	23.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	23.2%
Other means	11.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Queets	Quilcene
1-unit, detached	93.3%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Queets	Quilcene
Poverty rate	33.3%	16.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	43
Median year structure built	1981	1954