Ilwaco vs Ocean Park

A side-by-side comparison of Ilwaco and Ocean Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ocean Park has the higher population (1,777 vs 1,418 in Ilwaco). Ilwaco has the higher median household income ($97,541 vs $53,889 in Ocean Park). Ilwaco has the higher median home value ($355,400 vs $290,400 in Ocean Park).

Population, income & housing

	Ilwaco	Ocean Park
Population	1,418	1,777
Median age	43.2 yrs	66.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,541	$53,889
Median home value	$355,400	$290,400
Median gross rent	$1,250	—
Housing units	654	1,811
Homeownership rate	65.1%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ilwaco	Ocean Park
Population	1,034 → 1,418 (+37.1%)	1,745 → 1,777 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$37,734 → $97,541 (+158.5%)	$43,125 → $53,889 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$216,700 → $355,400 (+64.0%)	$173,100 → $290,400 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $1,250 (+57.6%)	$924 → $1,095 (+18.5%)

Ilwaco

Population

1,0341,418

Median household income

$37,734$97,541

Median home value

$216,700$355,400

Median gross rent

$793$1,250

Ocean Park

Population

1,7451,777

Median household income

$43,125$53,889

Median home value

$173,100$290,400

Median gross rent

$924$1,095

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ilwaco	Ocean Park
Under 5	6.8%	1.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	4.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	3.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	4.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	3.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	7.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	23.4%
65 to 74	16.6%	33.9%
75 and over	11.3%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ilwaco	Ocean Park
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ilwaco	Ocean Park
No high school diploma	7.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	21.7%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ilwaco	Ocean Park
Drove alone	59.8%	76.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	0.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.8%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	19.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ilwaco	Ocean Park
1-unit, detached	78.9%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	25.1%

Poverty & households

	Ilwaco	Ocean Park
Poverty rate	11.4%	9.4%
Average household size	2.94	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	1974	1982