Machias vs Woodway

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

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

Woodway has the higher population (1,174 vs 1,112 in Machias). Woodway has the higher median household income ($196,500 vs $127,043 in Machias). Woodway has the higher median home value ($1,741,100 vs $631,900 in Machias).

Population, income & housing

	Machias	Woodway
Population	1,112	1,174
Median age	36.7 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$127,043	$196,500
Median home value	$631,900	$1,741,100
Median gross rent	$1,538	—
Housing units	471	455
Homeownership rate	76.4%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	72.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Machias	Woodway
Population	981 → 1,112 (+13.4%)	1,105 → 1,174 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$95,179 → $127,043 (+33.5%)	$194,904 → $196,500 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$405,300 → $631,900 (+55.9%)	$1,212,000 → $1,741,100 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,384 → $1,538 (+11.1%)	—

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

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)

	Machias	Woodway
Under 5	7.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.9%	4.9%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	19.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	17.3%	19.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	14.0%
75 and over	1.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Machias	Woodway
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Machias	Woodway
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	37.9%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	42.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	29.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Machias	Woodway
Drove alone	73.6%	52.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.5%
Public transit	2.5%	0.6%
Walked	2.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	4.3%	37.2%
Other means	6.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Machias	Woodway
1-unit, detached	80.7%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Machias	Woodway
Poverty rate	2.2%	2.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1983	1985