Lower Elochoman vs Puget Island

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

Lower Elochoman 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 235 in Lower Elochoman). Lower Elochoman has the higher median home value ($448,400 vs $398,200 in Puget Island). Since 2019, Puget Island's population has grown faster (+1.6% vs -20.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Elochoman	Puget Island
Population	235	1,136
Median age	44.3 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$65,395
Median home value	$448,400	$398,200
Housing units	89	500
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Elochoman	Puget Island
Population	297 → 235 (-20.9%)	1,118 → 1,136 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$112,308 → $93,458 (-16.8%)	$63,958 → $65,395 (+2.2%)
Median home value	$278,600 → $448,400 (+60.9%)	$223,300 → $398,200 (+78.3%)

Lower Elochoman

Population

297235

Median household income

$112,308$93,458

Median home value

$278,600$448,400

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)

	Lower Elochoman	Puget Island
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	13.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	2.1%	4.2%
35 to 44	31.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	6.0%	6.5%
55 to 64	5.5%	19.7%
65 to 74	25.5%	20.3%
75 and over	2.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Elochoman	Puget Island
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Elochoman	Puget Island
No high school diploma	8.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	52.4%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Elochoman	Puget Island
Drove alone	54.8%	73.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	36.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Elochoman	Puget Island
1-unit, detached	80.9%	83.8%
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	19.1%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Lower Elochoman	Puget Island
Poverty rate	5.1%	14.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	23	61
Median year structure built	2007	1971