Skamokawa Valley vs Upper Elochoman

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

Skamokawa Valley and Upper Elochoman 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 94 in Upper Elochoman). Upper Elochoman has the higher median home value ($410,500 vs $290,000 in Skamokawa Valley). Since 2019, Upper Elochoman's population has grown faster (+10.6% vs -4.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Skamokawa Valley	Upper Elochoman
Population	311	94
Median age	64.2 yrs	64.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$90,455
Median home value	$290,000	$410,500
Housing units	175	34
Homeownership rate	92.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Skamokawa Valley	Upper Elochoman
Population	325 → 311 (-4.3%)	85 → 94 (+10.6%)
Median household income	—	$101,000 → $90,455 (-10.4%)
Median home value	$197,100 → $290,000 (+47.1%)	$275,900 → $410,500 (+48.8%)

Skamokawa Valley

Population

325311

Median home value

$197,100$290,000

Upper Elochoman

Population

8594

Median household income

$101,000$90,455

Median home value

$275,900$410,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Skamokawa Valley	Upper Elochoman
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	37.9%	31.9%
65 to 74	26.7%	30.9%
75 and over	9.0%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Skamokawa Valley	Upper Elochoman
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	100.0%
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	9.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Skamokawa Valley	Upper Elochoman
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	18.1%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	54.1%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Skamokawa Valley	Upper Elochoman
Drove alone	32.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	67.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Skamokawa Valley	Upper Elochoman
1-unit, detached	93.7%	79.4%
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	6.3%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Skamokawa Valley	Upper Elochoman
Poverty rate	35.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.76
Median year structure built	1990	1978