Belfair vs Skokomish

A side-by-side comparison of Belfair and Skokomish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belfair has the higher population (4,601 vs 558 in Skokomish). Belfair has the higher median household income ($74,477 vs $56,250 in Skokomish). Belfair has the higher median home value ($307,600 vs $175,800 in Skokomish).

Population, income & housing

	Belfair	Skokomish
Population	4,601	558
Median age	31.5 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,477	$56,250
Median home value	$307,600	$175,800
Median gross rent	$1,150	$713
Housing units	1,825	184
Homeownership rate	74.8%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfair	Skokomish
Population	4,564 → 4,601 (+0.8%)	609 → 558 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$51,772 → $74,477 (+43.9%)	$45,833 → $56,250 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$210,800 → $307,600 (+45.9%)	$113,800 → $175,800 (+54.5%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,150 (+21.8%)	$575 → $713 (+24.0%)

Belfair

Population

4,5644,601

Median household income

$51,772$74,477

Median home value

$210,800$307,600

Median gross rent

$944$1,150

Skokomish

Population

609558

Median household income

$45,833$56,250

Median home value

$113,800$175,800

Median gross rent

$575$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belfair	Skokomish
Under 5	7.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	11.3%
25 to 34	21.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.6%
75 and over	2.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfair	Skokomish
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	18.8%
Black or African American	5.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	44.6%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.5%	22.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfair	Skokomish
No high school diploma	8.2%	21.0%
High school graduate	32.1%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	48.1%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfair	Skokomish
Drove alone	62.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	26.5%	13.5%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	4.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfair	Skokomish
1-unit, detached	71.7%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Belfair	Skokomish
Poverty rate	4.7%	19.2%
Average household size	2.62	3.40
Mean commute (minutes)	38	23
Median year structure built	1992	1985