Puget Island vs Rosburg

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

Puget Island and Rosburg 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 468 in Rosburg). Puget Island has the higher median household income ($65,395 vs $56,596 in Rosburg). Puget Island has the higher median home value ($398,200 vs $221,600 in Rosburg).

Population, income & housing

	Puget Island	Rosburg
Population	1,136	468
Median age	56.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,395	$56,596
Median home value	$398,200	$221,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,571
Housing units	500	246
Homeownership rate	86.1%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Puget Island	Rosburg
Population	1,118 → 1,136 (+1.6%)	416 → 468 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $65,395 (+2.2%)	$64,750 → $56,596 (-12.6%)
Median home value	$223,300 → $398,200 (+78.3%)	$179,500 → $221,600 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,671 → $1,571 (-6.0%)

Puget Island

Population

1,1181,136

Median household income

$63,958$65,395

Median home value

$223,300$398,200

Rosburg

Population

416468

Median household income

$64,750$56,596

Median home value

$179,500$221,600

Median gross rent

$1,671$1,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Puget Island	Rosburg
Under 5	4.8%	9.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	24.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	6.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	19.7%	6.2%
65 to 74	20.3%	17.5%
75 and over	11.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Puget Island	Rosburg
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	75.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Puget Island	Rosburg
No high school diploma	2.4%	10.6%
High school graduate	20.0%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Puget Island	Rosburg
Drove alone	73.8%	50.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	36.3%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Puget Island	Rosburg
1-unit, detached	83.8%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Puget Island	Rosburg
Poverty rate	14.5%	9.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	61	35
Median year structure built	1971	1971