Harrington vs Wilbur

A side-by-side comparison of Harrington and Wilbur: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilbur has the higher population (922 vs 446 in Harrington). Wilbur has the higher median household income ($54,821 vs $38,258 in Harrington). Harrington has the higher median home value ($242,600 vs $220,700 in Wilbur).

Population, income & housing

	Harrington	Wilbur
Population	446	922
Median age	42.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,258	$54,821
Median home value	$242,600	$220,700
Median gross rent	$1,034	$817
Housing units	228	463
Homeownership rate	70.6%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrington	Wilbur
Population	409 → 446 (+9.0%)	779 → 922 (+18.4%)
Median household income	$31,964 → $38,258 (+19.7%)	$46,923 → $54,821 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$85,500 → $242,600 (+183.7%)	$152,000 → $220,700 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,034 (+32.6%)	$791 → $817 (+3.3%)

Harrington

Population

409446

Median household income

$31,964$38,258

Median home value

$85,500$242,600

Median gross rent

$780$1,034

Wilbur

Population

779922

Median household income

$46,923$54,821

Median home value

$152,000$220,700

Median gross rent

$791$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrington	Wilbur
Under 5	1.6%	9.5%
5 to 17	22.4%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	1.6%
25 to 34	7.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	6.5%
55 to 64	9.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	21.7%	11.0%
75 and over	4.7%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrington	Wilbur
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	90.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrington	Wilbur
No high school diploma	4.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	20.4%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	52.6%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrington	Wilbur
Drove alone	63.8%	78.6%
Carpooled	17.8%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrington	Wilbur
1-unit, detached	75.9%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Harrington	Wilbur
Poverty rate	19.5%	27.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1938	1958