Dash Point vs Roy

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

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

Dash Point has the higher population (984 vs 798 in Roy). Dash Point has the higher median household income ($137,721 vs $88,500 in Roy). Dash Point has the higher median home value ($920,700 vs $418,800 in Roy).

Population, income & housing

	Dash Point	Roy
Population	984	798
Median age	59.5 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$137,721	$88,500
Median home value	$920,700	$418,800
Median gross rent	$1,461	$1,594
Housing units	455	303
Homeownership rate	87.6%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.9%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dash Point	Roy
Population	1,105 → 984 (-11.0%)	779 → 798 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$120,000 → $137,721 (+14.8%)	$50,438 → $88,500 (+75.5%)
Median home value	$556,700 → $920,700 (+65.4%)	$233,100 → $418,800 (+79.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,645 → $1,461 (-11.2%)	$998 → $1,594 (+59.7%)

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

Roy

Population

779798

Median household income

$50,438$88,500

Median home value

$233,100$418,800

Median gross rent

$998$1,594

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dash Point	Roy
Under 5	2.0%	9.8%
5 to 17	8.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	21.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	27.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	19.6%	11.5%
75 and over	11.8%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dash Point	Roy
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	80.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dash Point	Roy
No high school diploma	2.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	21.3%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dash Point	Roy
Drove alone	69.3%	79.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	4.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dash Point	Roy
1-unit, detached	97.4%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Dash Point	Roy
Poverty rate	7.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	30	43
Median year structure built	1960	1991