Belfair vs Union

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

Belfair and Union 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 281 in Union). Belfair has the higher median household income ($74,477 vs $72,019 in Union). Union has the higher median home value ($667,600 vs $307,600 in Belfair).

Population, income & housing

	Belfair	Union
Population	4,601	281
Median age	31.5 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,477	$72,019
Median home value	$307,600	$667,600
Median gross rent	$1,150	—
Housing units	1,825	135
Homeownership rate	74.8%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfair	Union
Population	4,564 → 4,601 (+0.8%)	428 → 281 (-34.3%)
Median household income	$51,772 → $74,477 (+43.9%)	$73,456 → $72,019 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$210,800 → $307,600 (+45.9%)	$174,200 → $667,600 (+283.2%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,150 (+21.8%)	—

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

Union

Population

428281

Median household income

$73,456$72,019

Median home value

$174,200$667,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belfair	Union
Under 5	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	5.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	3.9%
25 to 34	21.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	2.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	2.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	33.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	52.7%
75 and over	2.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfair	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfair	Union
No high school diploma	8.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.1%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	48.1%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfair	Union
Drove alone	62.8%	30.5%
Carpooled	26.5%	0.0%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	53.7%
Other means	1.3%	15.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfair	Union
1-unit, detached	71.7%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Belfair	Union
Poverty rate	4.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	38	—
Median year structure built	1992	1986