Ashford vs Raft Island

A side-by-side comparison of Ashford and Raft Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashford and Raft Island are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ashford has the higher population (570 vs 363 in Raft Island). Raft Island has the higher median household income ($161,389 vs $110,785 in Ashford). Since 2019, Ashford's population has grown faster (+7.3% vs -16.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Ashford	Raft Island
Population	570	363
Median age	43.5 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$110,785	$161,389
Median home value	—	$798,600
Housing units	213	189
Homeownership rate	77.9%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	63.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashford	Raft Island
Population	531 → 570 (+7.3%)	434 → 363 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$45,856 → $110,785 (+141.6%)	$179,306 → $161,389 (-10.0%)
Median home value	—	$740,900 → $798,600 (+7.8%)

Ashford

Population

531570

Median household income

$45,856$110,785

Raft Island

Population

434363

Median household income

$179,306$161,389

Median home value

$740,900$798,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashford	Raft Island
Under 5	3.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	3.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	21.6%	2.5%
35 to 44	22.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	2.3%	24.0%
55 to 64	32.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	14.0%
75 and over	14.9%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashford	Raft Island
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	15.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashford	Raft Island
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	39.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashford	Raft Island
Drove alone	75.2%	70.1%
Carpooled	15.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	29.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashford	Raft Island
1-unit, detached	77.9%	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	22.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashford	Raft Island
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	34	15
Median year structure built	1960	1969