Dash Point vs Purdy

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

Dash 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 984 in Dash Point). Dash Point has the higher median household income ($137,721 vs $83,902 in Purdy). Dash Point has the higher median home value ($920,700 vs $265,800 in Purdy).

Population, income & housing

	Dash Point	Purdy
Population	984	1,222
Median age	59.5 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$137,721	$83,902
Median home value	$920,700	$265,800
Median gross rent	$1,461	$2,577
Housing units	455	613
Homeownership rate	87.6%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.9%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dash Point	Purdy
Population	1,105 → 984 (-11.0%)	1,439 → 1,222 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$120,000 → $137,721 (+14.8%)	$68,611 → $83,902 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$556,700 → $920,700 (+65.4%)	$215,800 → $265,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,645 → $1,461 (-11.2%)	$1,370 → $2,577 (+88.1%)

Dash Point

Population

1,105984

Median household income

$120,000$137,721

Median home value

$556,700$920,700

Median gross rent

$1,645$1,461

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)

	Dash Point	Purdy
Under 5	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	4.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	3.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	27.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	19.6%	38.6%
75 and over	11.8%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dash Point	Purdy
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	79.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dash Point	Purdy
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.6%
High school graduate	21.3%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dash Point	Purdy
Drove alone	69.3%	72.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	4.5%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	20.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dash Point	Purdy
1-unit, detached	97.4%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Dash Point	Purdy
Poverty rate	7.6%	0.5%
Average household size	2.26	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1960	1993