Anacortes vs Sedro-Woolley

A side-by-side comparison of Anacortes and Sedro-Woolley: population, income, housing, and more.

Anacortes and Sedro-Woolley are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Anacortes has the higher population (17,837 vs 12,633 in Sedro-Woolley). Anacortes has the higher median household income ($89,788 vs $72,140 in Sedro-Woolley). Anacortes has the higher median home value ($647,700 vs $390,200 in Sedro-Woolley).

Population, income & housing

	Anacortes	Sedro-Woolley
Population	17,837	12,633
Median age	49.5 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,788	$72,140
Median home value	$647,700	$390,200
Median gross rent	$1,609	$1,460
Housing units	8,598	5,006
Homeownership rate	69.9%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anacortes	Sedro-Woolley
Population	16,977 → 17,837 (+5.1%)	11,739 → 12,633 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$71,844 → $89,788 (+25.0%)	$60,863 → $72,140 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$406,400 → $647,700 (+59.4%)	$244,000 → $390,200 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,193 → $1,609 (+34.9%)	$1,253 → $1,460 (+16.5%)

Anacortes

Population

16,97717,837

Median household income

$71,844$89,788

Median home value

$406,400$647,700

Median gross rent

$1,193$1,609

Sedro-Woolley

Population

11,73912,633

Median household income

$60,863$72,140

Median home value

$244,000$390,200

Median gross rent

$1,253$1,460

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anacortes	Sedro-Woolley
Under 5	3.6%	9.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	17.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	17.9%	8.7%
75 and over	13.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anacortes	Sedro-Woolley
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	70.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.3%
Asian	1.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.6%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anacortes	Sedro-Woolley
No high school diploma	3.8%	13.9%
High school graduate	17.8%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anacortes	Sedro-Woolley
Drove alone	72.0%	78.9%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.5%
Public transit	1.0%	1.9%
Walked	3.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	8.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anacortes	Sedro-Woolley
1-unit, detached	77.0%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	4.5%
20 or more units	3.2%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Anacortes	Sedro-Woolley
Poverty rate	7.9%	14.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1988	1981