Darrington vs Woodway

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

Darrington and Woodway 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 1,174 in Woodway). Woodway has the higher median household income ($196,500 vs $64,438 in Darrington). Woodway has the higher median home value ($1,741,100 vs $373,300 in Darrington).

Population, income & housing

	Darrington	Woodway
Population	1,397	1,174
Median age	43.2 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,438	$196,500
Median home value	$373,300	$1,741,100
Median gross rent	$898	—
Housing units	648	455
Homeownership rate	67.4%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	72.5%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darrington	Woodway
Population	1,088 → 1,397 (+28.4%)	1,105 → 1,174 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$37,708 → $64,438 (+70.9%)	$194,904 → $196,500 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$189,900 → $373,300 (+96.6%)	$1,212,000 → $1,741,100 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $898 (-4.2%)	—

Darrington

Population

1,0881,397

Median household income

$37,708$64,438

Median home value

$189,900$373,300

Median gross rent

$937$898

Woodway

Population

1,1051,174

Median household income

$194,904$196,500

Median home value

$1,212,000$1,741,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darrington	Woodway
Under 5	2.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	19.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	4.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	19.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	14.0%
75 and over	9.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darrington	Woodway
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darrington	Woodway
No high school diploma	14.4%	1.8%
High school graduate	37.6%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	42.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	29.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darrington	Woodway
Drove alone	70.8%	52.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.5%
Public transit	4.2%	0.6%
Walked	6.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.5%	1.4%
Worked from home	10.8%	37.2%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darrington	Woodway
1-unit, detached	75.3%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darrington	Woodway
Poverty rate	17.8%	2.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1975	1985