Elmer City vs Winthrop

A side-by-side comparison of Elmer City and Winthrop: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Winthrop has the higher population (404 vs 297 in Elmer City). Winthrop has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $60,250 in Elmer City). Winthrop has the higher median home value ($471,000 vs $180,500 in Elmer City).

Population, income & housing

	Elmer City	Winthrop
Population	297	404
Median age	34.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,250	$63,750
Median home value	$180,500	$471,000
Median gross rent	$788	$1,080
Housing units	132	257
Homeownership rate	80.2%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmer City	Winthrop
Population	298 → 297 (-0.3%)	386 → 404 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$51,875 → $60,250 (+16.1%)	$46,765 → $63,750 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $180,500 (+64.4%)	$245,100 → $471,000 (+92.2%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $788 (+7.8%)	$650 → $1,080 (+66.2%)

Elmer City

Population

298297

Median household income

$51,875$60,250

Median home value

$109,800$180,500

Median gross rent

$731$788

Winthrop

Population

386404

Median household income

$46,765$63,750

Median home value

$245,100$471,000

Median gross rent

$650$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmer City	Winthrop
Under 5	11.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	2.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	22.5%
45 to 54	7.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	7.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	15.2%	8.4%
75 and over	11.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmer City	Winthrop
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	61.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	35.7%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	9.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	31.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmer City	Winthrop
No high school diploma	1.6%	7.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmer City	Winthrop
Drove alone	78.7%	89.6%
Carpooled	6.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmer City	Winthrop
1-unit, detached	75.8%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Elmer City	Winthrop
Poverty rate	15.6%	3.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1972	1984