Rosburg vs Skamokawa Valley

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

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

Rosburg has the higher population (468 vs 311 in Skamokawa Valley). Skamokawa Valley has the higher median home value ($290,000 vs $221,600 in Rosburg). Since 2019, Rosburg's population has grown faster (+12.5% vs -4.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Rosburg	Skamokawa Valley
Population	468	311
Median age	36.0 yrs	64.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,596	—
Median home value	$221,600	$290,000
Median gross rent	$1,571	—
Housing units	246	175
Homeownership rate	80.2%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rosburg	Skamokawa Valley
Population	416 → 468 (+12.5%)	325 → 311 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$64,750 → $56,596 (-12.6%)	—
Median home value	$179,500 → $221,600 (+23.5%)	$197,100 → $290,000 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,671 → $1,571 (-6.0%)	—

Rosburg

Population

416468

Median household income

$64,750$56,596

Median home value

$179,500$221,600

Median gross rent

$1,671$1,571

Skamokawa Valley

Population

325311

Median home value

$197,100$290,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rosburg	Skamokawa Valley
Under 5	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	10.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	6.1%
55 to 64	6.2%	37.9%
65 to 74	17.5%	26.7%
75 and over	6.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rosburg	Skamokawa Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	90.4%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.1%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rosburg	Skamokawa Valley
No high school diploma	10.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	33.2%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rosburg	Skamokawa Valley
Drove alone	50.6%	32.7%
Carpooled	36.3%	67.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	0.0%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rosburg	Skamokawa Valley
1-unit, detached	87.0%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Rosburg	Skamokawa Valley
Poverty rate	9.2%	35.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1971	1990