Deming vs Point Roberts

A side-by-side comparison of Deming and Point Roberts: population, income, housing, and more.

Deming and Point Roberts are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Point Roberts has the higher population (1,275 vs 594 in Deming). Deming has the higher median household income ($84,315 vs $80,197 in Point Roberts). Point Roberts has the higher median home value ($460,500 vs $447,300 in Deming).

Population, income & housing

	Deming	Point Roberts
Population	594	1,275
Median age	39.4 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,315	$80,197
Median home value	$447,300	$460,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,055
Housing units	227	2,088
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	48.4%
Unemployment rate	24.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deming	Point Roberts
Population	164 → 594 (+262.2%)	1,116 → 1,275 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$73,245 → $84,315 (+15.1%)	$43,510 → $80,197 (+84.3%)
Median home value	$352,600 → $447,300 (+26.9%)	$241,900 → $460,500 (+90.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$803 → $1,055 (+31.4%)

Deming

Population

164594

Median household income

$73,245$84,315

Median home value

$352,600$447,300

Point Roberts

Population

1,1161,275

Median household income

$43,510$80,197

Median home value

$241,900$460,500

Median gross rent

$803$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deming	Point Roberts
Under 5	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 17	21.5%	10.1%
18 to 24	23.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	28.6%	22.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	18.7%
75 and over	3.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deming	Point Roberts
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	23.9%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deming	Point Roberts
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	22.5%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	53.1%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deming	Point Roberts
Drove alone	100.0%	40.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	0.0%	42.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deming	Point Roberts
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Deming	Point Roberts
Poverty rate	18.2%	12.2%
Average household size	2.65	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1944	1979