Grays River vs Skamokawa Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Grays River and Skamokawa Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Grays River and Skamokawa Valley are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Skamokawa Valley has the higher population (311 vs 190 in Grays River). Since 2019, Skamokawa Valley's population has grown faster (-4.3% vs -29.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Grays River	Skamokawa Valley
Population	190	311
Median age	61.4 yrs	64.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,417	—
Median home value	—	$290,000
Housing units	87	175
Homeownership rate	100.0%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.6%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grays River	Skamokawa Valley
Population	269 → 190 (-29.4%)	325 → 311 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$65,714 → $70,417 (+7.2%)	—
Median home value	$193,500 → $258,300 (+33.5%)	$197,100 → $290,000 (+47.1%)

Grays River

Population

269190

Median household income

$65,714$70,417

Median home value

$193,500$258,300

Skamokawa Valley

Population

325311

Median home value

$197,100$290,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grays River	Skamokawa Valley
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.6%
18 to 24	30.5%	2.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	36.8%	37.9%
65 to 74	18.4%	26.7%
75 and over	14.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grays River	Skamokawa Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grays River	Skamokawa Valley
No high school diploma	3.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	14.4%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grays River	Skamokawa Valley
Drove alone	41.3%	32.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	67.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	58.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grays River	Skamokawa Valley
1-unit, detached	94.3%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Grays River	Skamokawa Valley
Poverty rate	20.5%	35.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.12
Median year structure built	1960	1990