Erlands Point vs Gorst

A side-by-side comparison of Erlands Point and Gorst: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Erlands Point has the higher population (874 vs 405 in Gorst). Gorst has the higher median household income ($117,813 vs $106,313 in Erlands Point). Erlands Point has the higher median home value ($579,700 vs $436,100 in Gorst).

Population, income & housing

	Erlands Point	Gorst
Population	874	405
Median age	46.8 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$106,313	$117,813
Median home value	$579,700	$436,100
Housing units	389	199
Homeownership rate	79.5%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erlands Point	Gorst
Population	768 → 874 (+13.8%)	235 → 405 (+72.3%)
Median household income	$75,000 → $106,313 (+41.8%)	$64,663 → $117,813 (+82.2%)
Median home value	$524,000 → $579,700 (+10.6%)	$261,500 → $436,100 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,643 → $1,969 (+19.8%)	—

Erlands Point

Population

768874

Median household income

$75,000$106,313

Median home value

$524,000$579,700

Median gross rent

$1,643$1,969

Gorst

Population

235405

Median household income

$64,663$117,813

Median home value

$261,500$436,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erlands Point	Gorst
Under 5	1.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	21.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	23.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.5%	2.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	17.5%
75 and over	12.6%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erlands Point	Gorst
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	61.5%
Black or African American	11.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	34.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erlands Point	Gorst
No high school diploma	11.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	13.1%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erlands Point	Gorst
Drove alone	68.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.9%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	19.6%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erlands Point	Gorst
1-unit, detached	87.4%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Erlands Point	Gorst
Poverty rate	4.3%	5.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1959	1956