Browns Point vs Purdy

A side-by-side comparison of Browns Point and Purdy: population, income, housing, and more.

Browns Point and Purdy are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Purdy has the higher population (1,222 vs 998 in Browns Point). Browns Point has the higher median household income ($95,104 vs $83,902 in Purdy). Browns Point has the higher median home value ($700,000 vs $265,800 in Purdy).

Population, income & housing

	Browns Point	Purdy
Population	998	1,222
Median age	55.1 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,104	$83,902
Median home value	$700,000	$265,800
Median gross rent	$2,082	$2,577
Housing units	520	613
Homeownership rate	63.7%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browns Point	Purdy
Population	1,104 → 998 (-9.6%)	1,439 → 1,222 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$107,917 → $95,104 (-11.9%)	$68,611 → $83,902 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$587,300 → $700,000 (+19.2%)	$215,800 → $265,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,331 → $2,082 (+56.4%)	$1,370 → $2,577 (+88.1%)

Browns Point

Population

1,104998

Median household income

$107,917$95,104

Median home value

$587,300$700,000

Median gross rent

$1,331$2,082

Purdy

Population

1,4391,222

Median household income

$68,611$83,902

Median home value

$215,800$265,800

Median gross rent

$1,370$2,577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browns Point	Purdy
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	4.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	4.5%
35 to 44	4.6%	3.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	24.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	15.7%	38.6%
75 and over	9.6%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browns Point	Purdy
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	79.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browns Point	Purdy
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	27.7%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browns Point	Purdy
Drove alone	69.8%	72.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	4.5%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browns Point	Purdy
1-unit, detached	73.5%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Browns Point	Purdy
Poverty rate	15.5%	0.5%
Average household size	2.25	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1961	1993