Bay Center vs Naselle

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

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

Naselle has the higher population (519 vs 218 in Bay Center). Bay Center has the higher median household income ($68,819 vs $58,642 in Naselle). Bay Center has the higher median home value ($480,400 vs $97,100 in Naselle).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Center	Naselle
Population	218	519
Median age	47.7 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,819	$58,642
Median home value	$480,400	$97,100
Housing units	188	268
Homeownership rate	91.9%	98.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Center	Naselle
Population	198 → 218 (+10.1%)	421 → 519 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$27,946 → $68,819 (+146.3%)	$49,760 → $58,642 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $480,400 (+341.1%)	$225,000 → $97,100 (-56.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$988 → $1,131 (+14.5%)

Bay Center

Population

198218

Median household income

$27,946$68,819

Median home value

$108,900$480,400

Naselle

Population

421519

Median household income

$49,760$58,642

Median home value

$225,000$97,100

Median gross rent

$988$1,131

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Center	Naselle
Under 5	3.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.9%	24.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	23.7%
25 to 34	4.1%	2.1%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	31.2%	22.0%
55 to 64	22.5%	1.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	11.9%
75 and over	6.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Center	Naselle
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Center	Naselle
No high school diploma	4.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	1.1%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	27.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Center	Naselle
Drove alone	37.1%	85.2%
Carpooled	14.6%	5.1%
Public transit	5.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	42.7%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Center	Naselle
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.8%
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%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Bay Center	Naselle
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1991	1952