Greenwater vs Herron Island

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwater and Herron Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenwater has the higher population (138 vs 106 in Herron Island). Greenwater has the higher median household income ($112,917 vs $83,641 in Herron Island). Since 2019, Herron Island's population has grown faster (+186.5% vs +146.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwater	Herron Island
Population	138	106
Median age	59.7 yrs	69.6 yrs
Median household income	$112,917	$83,641
Median home value	—	$473,100
Housing units	68	339
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.9%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwater	Herron Island
Population	56 → 138 (+146.4%)	37 → 106 (+186.5%)
Median household income	—	$56,250 → $83,641 (+48.7%)
Median home value	—	$232,500 → $473,100 (+103.5%)

Greenwater

Population

56138

Herron Island

Population

37106

Median household income

$56,250$83,641

Median home value

$232,500$473,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwater	Herron Island
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	23.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	6.5%	36.8%
65 to 74	47.8%	41.5%
75 and over	0.0%	21.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwater	Herron Island
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	34.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwater	Herron Island
No high school diploma	0.0%	17.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.4%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwater	Herron Island
Drove alone	69.9%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.1%	100.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwater	Herron Island
1-unit, detached	67.6%	89.4%
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	32.4%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Greenwater	Herron Island
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.94	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	13	—
Median year structure built	1994	1975