Cathlamet vs Puget Island

A side-by-side comparison of Cathlamet and Puget Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Puget Island has the higher population (1,136 vs 569 in Cathlamet). Puget Island has the higher median household income ($65,395 vs $57,750 in Cathlamet). Puget Island has the higher median home value ($398,200 vs $364,900 in Cathlamet).

Population, income & housing

	Cathlamet	Puget Island
Population	569	1,136
Median age	57.3 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,750	$65,395
Median home value	$364,900	$398,200
Median gross rent	$1,050	—
Housing units	317	500
Homeownership rate	68.9%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cathlamet	Puget Island
Population	621 → 569 (-8.4%)	1,118 → 1,136 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$36,000 → $57,750 (+60.4%)	$63,958 → $65,395 (+2.2%)
Median home value	$170,500 → $364,900 (+114.0%)	$223,300 → $398,200 (+78.3%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $1,050 (+66.4%)	—

Cathlamet

Population

621569

Median household income

$36,000$57,750

Median home value

$170,500$364,900

Median gross rent

$631$1,050

Puget Island

Population

1,1181,136

Median household income

$63,958$65,395

Median home value

$223,300$398,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cathlamet	Puget Island
Under 5	2.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	7.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	4.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	6.5%
55 to 64	17.2%	19.7%
65 to 74	23.0%	20.3%
75 and over	13.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cathlamet	Puget Island
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cathlamet	Puget Island
No high school diploma	12.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	28.3%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cathlamet	Puget Island
Drove alone	75.7%	73.8%
Carpooled	1.7%	10.7%
Public transit	0.6%	2.6%
Walked	11.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	12.8%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cathlamet	Puget Island
1-unit, detached	82.3%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Cathlamet	Puget Island
Poverty rate	17.0%	14.5%
Average household size	1.86	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	61
Median year structure built	1969	1971