Bay Center vs Chinook

A side-by-side comparison of Bay Center and Chinook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chinook has the higher population (557 vs 218 in Bay Center). Chinook has the higher median household income ($132,792 vs $68,819 in Bay Center). Bay Center has the higher median home value ($480,400 vs $331,100 in Chinook).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Center	Chinook
Population	218	557
Median age	47.7 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,819	$132,792
Median home value	$480,400	$331,100
Housing units	188	267
Homeownership rate	91.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Center	Chinook
Population	198 → 218 (+10.1%)	154 → 557 (+261.7%)
Median household income	$27,946 → $68,819 (+146.3%)	$60,086 → $132,792 (+121.0%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $480,400 (+341.1%)	$319,100 → $331,100 (+3.8%)

Bay Center

Population

198218

Median household income

$27,946$68,819

Median home value

$108,900$480,400

Chinook

Population

154557

Median household income

$60,086$132,792

Median home value

$319,100$331,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Center	Chinook
Under 5	3.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.9%	5.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	15.6%	3.9%
45 to 54	31.2%	23.2%
55 to 64	22.5%	28.4%
65 to 74	5.5%	4.7%
75 and over	6.0%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Center	Chinook
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Center	Chinook
No high school diploma	4.9%	7.6%
High school graduate	1.1%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Center	Chinook
Drove alone	37.1%	29.7%
Carpooled	14.6%	42.1%
Public transit	5.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	42.7%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Center	Chinook
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bay Center	Chinook
Poverty rate	2.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.62
Median year structure built	1991	1938