Cathcart vs Darrington

A side-by-side comparison of Cathcart and Darrington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cathcart has the higher population (1,878 vs 1,397 in Darrington). Cathcart has the higher median household income ($106,000 vs $64,438 in Darrington). Cathcart has the higher median home value ($875,600 vs $373,300 in Darrington).

Population, income & housing

	Cathcart	Darrington
Population	1,878	1,397
Median age	48.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$106,000	$64,438
Median home value	$875,600	$373,300
Median gross rent	—	$898
Housing units	888	648
Homeownership rate	83.4%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cathcart	Darrington
Population	2,426 → 1,878 (-22.6%)	1,088 → 1,397 (+28.4%)
Median household income	$108,777 → $106,000 (-2.6%)	$37,708 → $64,438 (+70.9%)
Median home value	$516,300 → $875,600 (+69.6%)	$189,900 → $373,300 (+96.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,789 → $2,201 (+23.0%)	$937 → $898 (-4.2%)

Cathcart

Population

2,4261,878

Median household income

$108,777$106,000

Median home value

$516,300$875,600

Median gross rent

$1,789$2,201

Darrington

Population

1,0881,397

Median household income

$37,708$64,438

Median home value

$189,900$373,300

Median gross rent

$937$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cathcart	Darrington
Under 5	6.3%	2.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	7.3%	14.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	14.0%
75 and over	9.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cathcart	Darrington
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cathcart	Darrington
No high school diploma	2.0%	14.4%
High school graduate	20.2%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cathcart	Darrington
Drove alone	77.9%	70.8%
Carpooled	1.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.2%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	20.1%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cathcart	Darrington
1-unit, detached	74.3%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Cathcart	Darrington
Poverty rate	3.8%	17.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1985	1975