Elk Plain vs Gig Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Elk Plain and Gig Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

Elk Plain and Gig Harbor are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elk Plain has the higher population (13,863 vs 12,202 in Gig Harbor). Gig Harbor has the higher median household income ($106,042 vs $101,250 in Elk Plain). Gig Harbor has the higher median home value ($686,000 vs $440,300 in Elk Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Plain	Gig Harbor
Population	13,863	12,202
Median age	39.3 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$106,042
Median home value	$440,300	$686,000
Median gross rent	$1,908	$2,097
Housing units	5,048	5,683
Homeownership rate	83.9%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Plain	Gig Harbor
Population	15,167 → 13,863 (-8.6%)	9,854 → 12,202 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$70,041 → $101,250 (+44.6%)	$84,335 → $106,042 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$228,700 → $440,300 (+92.5%)	$475,400 → $686,000 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,360 → $1,908 (+40.3%)	$1,419 → $2,097 (+47.8%)

Elk Plain

Population

15,16713,863

Median household income

$70,041$101,250

Median home value

$228,700$440,300

Median gross rent

$1,360$1,908

Gig Harbor

Population

9,85412,202

Median household income

$84,335$106,042

Median home value

$475,400$686,000

Median gross rent

$1,419$2,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk Plain	Gig Harbor
Under 5	4.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	15.1%
75 and over	5.1%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Plain	Gig Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	80.7%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.7%
Asian	4.6%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.8%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.2%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Plain	Gig Harbor
No high school diploma	6.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Plain	Gig Harbor
Drove alone	81.7%	69.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.1%	1.0%
Walked	0.2%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	17.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Plain	Gig Harbor
1-unit, detached	85.9%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	15.4%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Elk Plain	Gig Harbor
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.8%
Average household size	2.87	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1993	1996