Darrington vs Machias

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

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

Darrington has the higher population (1,397 vs 1,112 in Machias). Machias has the higher median household income ($127,043 vs $64,438 in Darrington). Machias has the higher median home value ($631,900 vs $373,300 in Darrington).

Population, income & housing

	Darrington	Machias
Population	1,397	1,112
Median age	43.2 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,438	$127,043
Median home value	$373,300	$631,900
Median gross rent	$898	$1,538
Housing units	648	471
Homeownership rate	67.4%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darrington	Machias
Population	1,088 → 1,397 (+28.4%)	981 → 1,112 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$37,708 → $64,438 (+70.9%)	$95,179 → $127,043 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$189,900 → $373,300 (+96.6%)	$405,300 → $631,900 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $898 (-4.2%)	$1,384 → $1,538 (+11.1%)

Darrington

Population

1,0881,397

Median household income

$37,708$64,438

Median home value

$189,900$373,300

Median gross rent

$937$898

Machias

Population

9811,112

Median household income

$95,179$127,043

Median home value

$405,300$631,900

Median gross rent

$1,384$1,538

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darrington	Machias
Under 5	2.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	16.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	19.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	17.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	6.2%
75 and over	9.2%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darrington	Machias
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darrington	Machias
No high school diploma	14.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	37.6%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darrington	Machias
Drove alone	70.8%	73.6%
Carpooled	2.8%	11.1%
Public transit	4.2%	2.5%
Walked	6.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	4.3%
Other means	3.9%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darrington	Machias
1-unit, detached	75.3%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Darrington	Machias
Poverty rate	17.8%	2.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1975	1983